{"id":224961,"date":"2025-11-12T09:18:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T15:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/shared-gut-microbe-imbalances-found-across-autism-adhd-and-anorexia-nervosa"},"modified":"2025-11-12T09:18:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T15:18:12","slug":"shared-gut-microbe-imbalances-found-across-autism-adhd-and-anorexia-nervosa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/shared-gut-microbe-imbalances-found-across-autism-adhd-and-anorexia-nervosa","title":{"rendered":"Shared gut microbe imbalances found across autism, ADHD, and anorexia nervosa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/shared-gut-microbe-imbalances-found-across-autism-adhd-and-anorexia-nervosa.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A new study has identified distinct patterns in the gut bacteria of children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder, attention-deficit\/hyperactivity disorder, and anorexia nervosa. Published in the journal <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.neuroscience.2025.08.020\"><em>Neuroscience<\/em><\/a>, the research also reveals altered levels of hormones that regulate appetite, suggesting a complex interplay between gut microbes, eating behaviors, and brain health in these conditions.<\/p>\n<p>The human digestive tract is home to a bustling community of trillions of microorganisms, collectively known as the gut microbiota. This internal ecosystem communicates with the brain through a complex network of signals, often called the gut-brain axis. Researchers are increasingly recognizing that an imbalance in this microbial community, sometimes referred to as dysbiosis, may be associated with a range of health conditions, including those affecting the brain.<\/p>\n<p>Neurodevelopmental disorders like autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention-deficit\/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), along with the psychiatric disorder anorexia nervosa (AN), are frequently accompanied by gastrointestinal issues and atypical eating patterns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new study has identified distinct patterns in the gut bacteria of children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder, attention-deficit\/hyperactivity disorder, and anorexia nervosa. Published in the journal Neuroscience, the research also reveals altered levels of hormones that regulate appetite, suggesting a complex interplay between gut microbes, eating behaviors, and brain health in these conditions. [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1506,1495,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-224961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-food","category-health","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224961\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}