Is Red Wine Good for the Body?
Chloe Bennett, B.Sc. via News-Medical Net – There is a plethora of research and guidance which discuss the health consequences of consuming alcohol. In the United Kingdom, it is recommended…
Can you Treat a Food Allergy by Altering the Gut Microbiome?
Sally Robertson, B.Sc. via News-Medical Net – Food allergy refers to an abnormal immune reaction to harmless proteins in food (referred to as allergens) that repeatedly occurs on exposure to…
Is There a Link Between Migraine and the Gut Microbiome?
Sally Robertson, B.Sc. via News-Medical – The human gut harbors about 2.2 pounds of microbes, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protists. The combined total of these microbes is referred to…
9 Candida Symptoms and 3 Steps to Treat Them
Dr. Josh Axe, DC, DMN, CNS – More than one-third of Americans get less than seven hours of sleep each night, putting them at risk for serious, chronic health conditions…
Study Shows Lifestyle Is a Threat to Gut Bacteria
Università di Trento via Science Daily – The evolution of dietary and hygienic habits in Western countries is associated with a decrease in the bacteria that help in digestion. To…
Gut Microbiome Changes With Cooking of Plant Foods, Says New Study
Dr. Liji Thomas, MD via News Medical-Net – When researchers from UC San Francisco and Harvard teamed up to find out how the gut microbiome is affected by cooking, they…
‘The Most Important Way to Prevent Disease, Including Cancer’: A Dose of Good Bacteria a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
Lorie Johnson via CBN Health News – The walls of a healthy gut are semi-permeable. They are made up of tiny holes like a fine mesh strainer. These tiny holes…
What You Eat May Change the Way That Antibiotics Affect Your Gut
Sally Robertson, B.Sc. via News Medical – Net – “Doctors now know that each antibiotic prescription has the potential to lead to some very harmful microbiome-related health outcomes, but they…
Prolonged Antibiotic Treatment May Alter Preterm Infants’ Microbiome
National Institutes of Health News Release – The researchers do not know the long-term effects of these genome changes, which they term “microbiota scars.” They note that previous studies linked…
Developing Therapeutic Strategies for Pregnant Women with Lupus
Virginia Tech via EurekAlert – “For patients with autoimmune lupus, diet and probiotics are the two relatively easy and acceptable approaches that can potentially improve disease management through modulating the…
How to Prevent Gut Inflammation
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via Nutrition Facts – It’s important to note that we’re not referring to fiber supplements here, but whole plant foods. Fiber supplementation with something like Metamucil…
Boost Gut Microbiome Health to Boost Mental Health + Tips to Improve Digestion
Dr. Caroline Leaf – …if the good bacteria in our gut cannot help break down our food, our brain’s neurochemistry can be affected, while bad bacteria produce other chemicals that…
Disrupting Gut Microbiome May Affect Flu Vaccination Responses
NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases via EurekAlert – The researchers also found that people who took antibiotics experienced changes to their immune systems that promoted a pro-inflammatory state,…
The Answer to a Colon Cancer Mystery
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via Nutrition Facts – “[T]he method of cooking and eating the maize [corn] meal as a porridge results in an increase in resistant starch, which acts…
Can Healthy Gut Bacteria Reduce the Risk of Dementia?
Dr. Don Colbert – This microbiome plays a huge role in human health. Recent research has correlated certain changes in gut bacteria with inflammatory and autoimmune conditions, hormone balance, bone…
