From https://doi.org/10.1080/19490976.2021.1930875, Published online16 Jun 2021 This study found that boys with Bacteroides germs in their bowel had enhanced brain development. This University of Alberta-led research followed more than 400 infants from the “CHILD” Cohort Study in Edmonton. Boys with a gut bacterial composition high in the Bacteroidetes germs at one year of age were found to have more advanced cognition and language skills one year later. The finding was specific to male children. Dr. Anita Kozyrskyj, professor of pediatrics at the U of A and principal investigator of the SyMBIOTA (Synergy in Microbiota) laboratory, with associate professor Piush Mandhane…