This is a fascinating post @scienceblocks!
Over the years I have become increasingly more interested in reading materials like this because of the amount of studies that have been associating; for example, gut microbiome and mental disorders (e.g depression and anxiety). And, here you are talking about how microbes may cause compulsive eating!
Oh, before I go:
...can be used to identify you(yeah it has forensic applications.
Wow! 😳
All the best to you and thank you for sharing this work! :)
Wow, I have been a fan of your blog. Feels good to see a comment from you. And I know right, it is pretty amazing that these microbes can affect our mental health by modulating the neurotransmitter signalling. Actually there was a study about how the microbes intervene with vagus nerve signalling as well. But I avoided talking about it in order to keep it all simple.
I am planning on hitting the psychology metabolism axis in my next blog. I hope you like that as well. And thanks for reading and your time.
Oh, great! I am looking forward to reading your next blog already, then :)
Ps: Thank you very much for your kind words!