Microbiome and the Brain: How Your Gut Shapes Mood, Memory, and Brain Health


Discover how your gut microbiome shapes mood, memory, and brain health by exploring the gut-brain axis and microbiome neuroeffects. This bidirectional communication network links intestinal microbes with brain function, influencing mood, cognitive flexibility, and resilience to stress. By paying attention to these neuroeffects, you can make lifestyle choices—sleep quality, stress management, and diet—that support mental wellness. InnerBuddies offers a white-label Gut Health Operating System that powers microbiome testing products for brands, delivering science-backed insights at scale. Explore the capabilities of the system through the InnerBuddies microbiome test to see how data translates into practical guidance. At the core, the platform is modular and data-rich, designed to illuminate microbiome neuroeffects in an actionable way. The Gut Microbiome Health Index scores gut ecosystem vitality on a 0–100 scale, based on an exclusive IP deal with EAFIT University in Colombia. The Bacteria Abundances module shows your top 40 taxa and how you compare against a healthy cohort, with clear signals for both beneficial and risk-associated microbes. The Bacteria Functions module groups microbial metabolic activities into positive and negative categories, letting you track pathways linked to neurotransmitter production, inflammation, and energy metabolism. For brands with specific audiences, Target Group analysis dives into how the gut microbiome supports outcomes for groups like Healthy Aging, Endurance Sport, and Skin & Hair Health, with pathway-level insights tailored to each target. To translate microbiome insights into daily practice, InnerBuddies offers Personalized nutrition advice that leverages data from 3-day food diaries alongside stool analysis. This cross-data approach builds a database of how individual foods influence your microbiome, informing tailored dietary recommendations to optimize mood, memory, and brain health. The platform also provides Personalized probiotics and prebiotics advice, recommending strains and formulations aligned with your objectives and your unique microbiome neuroeffects. Whether you’re exploring consumer testing or deploying a white-label solution, InnerBuddies delivers flexible modules and scalable deployment to fit your needs. Learn more via the subscription page for ongoing insights or the product page for consumer access. Beyond consumer testing, InnerBuddies empowers organizations with a robust B2B pathway that speeds time to market for gut health products. The white-label OS can be tailored to brand requirements, dashboards, and reporting, while maintaining rigorous scientific standards around microbiome neuroeffects. All B2B options are also available directly to consumers, ensuring broad access to actionable microbiome data. When you’re ready to partner, the B2B partner page offers details on integration, pricing, and success stories.