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First, congratulations on your success. GI trouble is a real issue most HN readers have not had to experience. I've never had it. I've only talked to people
by bb88 2y ago
First, congratulations on your success. GI trouble is a real issue most HN readers have not had to experience. I've never had it. I've only talked to people who have spent a week or two in the hospital with it.
Second, I agree that we don't fully understand the gut. I do think it needs more research. There's a lot of reporting that zepbound decreases urges for alcohol and gambling, from what I understand.
We also know that gut bacteria send signals through to the host system.
It would be curious if we could solve gambling addictions through antibiotics or some kind of probiotic treatment. It is sort of weird to think about gambling addictions being a disorder of the gut.
And if gambling issues are a disorder of the gut, what other disorders can the gut cause?
- foddymap 2y agoThanks! And had no idea about the glp-1 connection but it makes a lot of sense. Our gut bacteria pull more levers than we know!
- bb88 2y agoYeah, GLP-1s have really opened up research quite a bit -- particularly with addiction. It could be that gambling addiction offsets hunger. Or it could be that the gut bacteria are asking for adrenaline or some other kind of hormone the body produces. We joke about current politicians being controlled by brain worms, but would it be that much harder to think maybe the gut bacteria are the ones that are in charge -- particularly of our day to day feelings?