In a recent Science Daily article, Gut microbes may talk to the brain through cortisol, researchers from the University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences explain how recent studies show that human gut microbes can influence human health, behavior, and certain neurological disorders, such as autism.

The authors of the study say that results from a new study suggest a pathway of communication between certain gut bacteria and brain metabolites, by way of a compound in the blood known as cortisol. And unexpectedly, the finding provides a potential mechanism to explain the characteristics of autism."

The researchers in this study mainly focus on gut bacteria but please keep in mind molds (fungi) also play a big factor in our guts and in this pathway of communication between the gut and brain metabolites.

Here is an excerpt from the article:






What was interesting to me is how important this cortisol is to all living creatures and the fact that cortisol is produced in humans by the zona fasciculata of the adrenal cortex within the adrenal gland. We release cortisol into our blood in response to stress and low blood-glucose concentration.

Cortisol is a steroid hormone, in the glucocorticoid class of hormones. When used as a medication, it is known as hydrocortisone. It is produced in humans by the zona fasciculata of the adrenal cortex within the adrenal gland.

Cortisol affects EVERY organ and ALL bodily functions. So imagine if a foreign invader like toxic molds/fungi were able to commandeer this Cortisol process to then tweak it to its advantage.

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