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Fatty food is known to be causing cardiac strokes, blood related problems and diabetes, but there is also a new threat by eating the high-fat diet – that is altering the behavior and producing the signs of brain inflammation.

According to the scientists from Louisiana State University, who tested and observed lab mice, said that gut microbiome leads to changes in health and behavior. By changing the mix of bacteria in the gut, which consists of trillions of microorganisms, many of which reside in the intestinal tract, the host's susceptibility to illness will go down including neuropsychiatric impairment.

Non-obese adult mice were conventionally housed and maintained on a normal diet, but received a transplant of gut microbiota from donor mice that had been fed either a high-fat diet or control diet. The recipient mice were then evaluated for changes in behavior and cognition.

The mice that received the microbiota shaped by a high-fat diet showed multiple disruptions in behavior, including increased anxiety, impaired memory, and repetitive behaviors.

John Krystal, Editor of Biological Psychiatry, said that this paper suggests that high-fat diets impair brain health, in part, by disrupting the symbiotic relationship between humans and the microorganisms that occupy the gastrointestinal tracks.

As per their study, it is evident that diet can also show impact on the behavior of any living organism. The gut microbiome alteration may determine the disorder in the psycho levels. However, further research and analysis needed to bring out the effects of high-fat diet on human beings in longer term.

-Kannamsai