Is microbiome therapy for schizphrenia decades away

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I read an article on science advances, that they discovered that certain gut bacteria species are correlated with schizophrenics compared to normal people. They also found that certain bacteria species population sizes were correlated with schizophrenia severity.

I’m not sure how I could target certain bacterial populations to thrive and which to minimize… doesn’t this require a more holistic diet approach? It would take more than a single molecule based drug to holistically benefit the ecosystem of bacterial populations that complex.

What diets could help this? Are specially tailored probiotic supplements still in their infancy?

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I don’t know whether there is really anything available at the moment as they are just starting to research this area.

Here is one such study:

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We’re at the cusp of something great. I can feel it!

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Resveratrol (found in red wine, grape skin, peanuts, dark chocolate and Japanese knotweed) has just been found to increase the good stuff in the stomach.

I’ve been taking it for 4 days.

Resveratrol also increased serotonin and dopamine dramatically in 3 weeks in mice.

I’ll post a link about it.

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Here’s the studies on resveratrol for gut health.

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Thanks… but i think maybe the gut microbiome ecosystem is multifactorial. Maybe i should get a book on the microbiome diet? Eat a wider range of veggies, fruits, fiber, etc. In addition to supplements, probiotics, etc. I dunno ehich microbiome book to get.

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You could eat more red grapes and dark chocolate if you don’t like supplements.

But yeh get the book and learn about it. Could be fun.

@grumpy

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Thanks. I like eating grapes for other reasons too. They pack in lots of mental energy fuel.

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