Can chicory in your coffee reduce anxiety?

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Medical News Today: Chicory root is the densest source of prebiotic inulin by weight
Anxiety:
Prebiotics such as chicory not significantly associated with anxiety/depression in humans:
"Association Between Consumption of Fermented Food and Food-Derived Prebiotics With Cognitive Performance, Depressive, and Anxiety Symptoms in Psychiatrically Healthy Medical Students Under Psychological Stress: A Prospective Cohort Study", Frontiers of Nutrition, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... (2022)
Does not outdo placebo in reducing anxiety in college student trial (MA thesis)
"Inulin-Containing Fructo-Oligosaccharides and Anxiety Scores in College Students" MA thesis, www.proquest.com/openview/6f4... (2021)
Fructans help: Calcium absorption: insulin levels, cholesterol, cancer
"Applications of inulin and oligofructose in health and nutrition", J. Biosciences, link.springer.com/article/10.... (2002)
Fructans have cancer preventing effects in rats
"Stimulation of apoptosis by two prebiotic chicory fructans in the rat colon", Carcinogenesis, academic.oup.com/carcin/artic...)
Inulin helped protect against weight in high fat diet in mice:
"THE ROLE OF THE INTESTINAL MICROBIOTA
IN THE MODULATION OF FOOD INTAKE AND
BODY WEIGHT", PhD thesis, osf.io/dxeba/download (2016)
Inulin-type fructans increase calcium absorption
"An inulin-type fructan enhances calcium absorption primarily via an effect on colonic absorption in humans", J. Nutrition, pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17884... (2007)
Chicory is a natural sedative* (unsupported)
"Chicory the supplementary medicinal herb for
human diet", J. of Medicinal Plants Studies, www.plantsjournal.com/archive... (2018)
Reduces anxiety in mice (See EPM test for mice anxiety), reduced depression (FST test for mice depression)
"The Influence of Topinambur and Inulin Preventive Supplementation on Microbiota, Anxious Behavior, Cognitive Functions and Neurogenesis in Mice Exposed to the Chronic Unpredictable Mild Stress", Nutrients, www.researchgate.net/publicat... (2023)
Inulin promotes bifidobacterium in humans:
"The effects of inulin on gut microbial composition: a systematic review of evidence from human studies", Euro, J. of Clinicial Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, link.springer.com/article/10.... (2019 review)
Inulin Improves IBS, constipation, colorectal cancer in a meat-containing diet
"Inulin as a functional ingredient and their applications in meat products", Carbohydrate Polymers, www.sciencedirect.com/science... (2022)
Inulin improves blood sugar, cholesterol lipids
"Assessing the effects of inulin-type fructan intake on body weight, blood glucose, and lipid profile: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
", Food Science & Nutrition, onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/f... (2021 review)
Inulin helps with weight loss in obese humans
"Link between gut microbiota and health outcomes in inulin -treated obese patients: Lessons from the Food4Gut multicenter randomized placebo-controlled trial", Clinical Nutrition, www.sciencedirect.com/science... (2020)