This book reveals how a healthy gut can drive psychological well-being, improve your mood, and combat common diseases including depression, anxiety, obesity, heart disease--even autism and Alzheimer's--all by nurturing your microbiome.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-271, 279-311) and index.

Preface -- Meet your microbes -- Mankind, microbes, and mood -- Your microbiota, from birth to death -- A voyage down your alimentary canal -- The gut-brain axis -- Discovering psychobiotics -- Your personal psychobiotic journey -- Psychobiotics and today's major diseases -- The future of psychobiotics -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix : Proven probiotic bacteria and products -- Glossary -- Notes -- Further reading -- Index.