睡眠與健康
瞓唔著關腸道健康事？
近來疫情嚴重，可能令你心緒不寧，寢食難安。長期睡眠失調不但會影響工作和學習，干擾情緒，降低生活素質，而且失眠背後可能是焦慮和抑鬱等精神疾病的反映，延誤處理可能後果堪虞。
睡眠與健康
瞓唔著關腸道健康事？
近來疫情嚴重，可能令你心緒不寧，寢食難安。長期睡眠失調不但會影響工作和學習，干擾情緒，降低生活素質，而且失眠背後可能是焦慮和抑鬱等精神疾病的反映，延誤處理可能後果堪虞。
無心睡眠竟然是腸道健康有問題？
我們的腸道不僅是消化管道，腸道內的大量微生物會產生多種信息分子，時刻跟神經系統溝通，並影響情緒、記憶、認知能力等精神活動。
當我們遇到持續的精神壓力時，腸壁的緊密程度會變差，造成腸漏，腸道內有害的物質會穿過腸壁，觸發免疫系統產生發炎信息回饋至大腦，並加劇焦慮和抑鬱等壓力反應。
如果我們的腸道微生態失衡，同樣會產生類似的壓力反應，加劇腸漏，引致惡性循環。因此如果腸道微生態得以改善，便可以減輕壓力帶來的影響。
益生菌可以改善失眠和情緒健康嗎？
1
能夠降低引致發炎的細胞因子水平，是抗壓解鬱的最佳拍檔
瑞士乳桿菌（Lactobacillus helveticus）和長雙岐桿菌（Bifidobacterium longum）
2
有助降低發炎程度，鞏固腸壁，並減少加劇抑鬱的代謝物累積。
乾酪乳桿菌（Lactobacillus casei）、嗜酸乳桿菌（Lactobacillus acidophilus）、雙叉雙岐桿菌（Bifidobacterium bifidum）和植物乳桿菌（Lactobacillus plantarum）
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