Prebiotics could help improve sleep

Wednesday, March 4, 2020 - 09:31 in Health & Medicine

Think dietary fiber is just for digestive health? Think again. Specific fibers known as prebiotics can improve sleep and boost stress resilience by influencing gut bacteria and the potent biologically active molecules, or metabolites, they produce, new University of Colorado Boulder research shows. The research could ultimately lead to new approaches to treating sleep problems, […]

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