
Oral Bacteria Sabotage Your Gut-Brain Connection
New research reveals how oral bacteria hijack your gut’s tryptophan metabolism through the kynurenine pathway — and it changes everything about the gut-brain connection.

New research reveals how oral bacteria hijack your gut’s tryptophan metabolism through the kynurenine pathway — and it changes everything about the gut-brain connection.

Your body needs tryptophan to make serotonin. But when your gut is inflamed, that tryptophan gets stolen — and the byproducts are worse than low mood.
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