[uLogMicheal]

Next will we find that there is an exchange of microbes between the brain and gut?

[krageon]

We can take it one step further: There are microbes everywhere in your body, they matter and they do things. When you take them away or fuck with them too much, weird things start happening.

It is I think not a particularly surprising take. But then often it can be valuable to have things that are kind of obvious codified into a paper of some sort so that we no longer have to rely on "but isn't that obvious?" and can instead point to some primary source that actually explains what is true. That way it can be true for everyone, even the people for whom it wasn't already obvious.

[hinoki]

Is there any evidence (yet?) of an autoimmune disease caused by the immune system accidentally attacking part of the micro-biome?

[dartos]

The most foundational science is pretty obvious after all.

We all know that apples fall from trees and that banging 2 rocks together makes sparks.

[codetrotter]

I’ve got a gut feeling that we will. A gut feeling in my brain.

[giantg2]

Of course. Gut microbes to blood via leaky gut, small enough blood microbes to brain via BBB.

[dghughes]

So-called " leaky gut" is hogwash pushed by quacks. It's what influencers push on TikTok or at least their interpretation of it.

https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/medical-critical-thinking/...

[xattt]

That’s the purpose of the BBB, which breaks down in hypoxia and cell death.

[readthenotes1]

They used to, but then they built the vagus nerve