Diabetes

Ultra-Processed Foods – Can/should they be made Healthier?

25 Apr at 10:35 am

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Ultra-processed foods are understood to be detrimental to human health across several parameters, including macronutrient and micronutrient composition, fibre, effects of food additives, toxins,…

Specialist Probiotics & Fat-Soluble Vitamins

September 22, 2022

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It seems that these two long-standing areas of oral intervention in nutritional therapy and related clinical management are experiencing an ongoing and much-welcomed update…

Gut Bacteria and Type 2 Diabetes

June 26, 2020

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According to a study, published in Nature Metabolism in March 2020, #gut #bacteria can be linked to the development of type 2 #diabetes, with…

Eating All Meals within 10 Hours Aids Weight Loss

January 3, 2020

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A new study published in Cell Metabolism, by the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, California, offers evidence that limiting your daily eating window to…

Bile Acids and Mucosal Immunity

August 26, 2019

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Bile acids are critical for the digestion and absorption of fats and fat-soluble vitamins in the small intestine. Recent studies suggest bile acids have…

Environmental Influences on Diabetes

May 10, 2016

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Dr Carrie Decker ND explores the relative risk of generating an adverse response to sugars and the environmentally related triggers. Associated with the recent…

Prescription Drugs Obscure Microbiome Analyses

February 15, 2016

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Recent studies have suggested that gut bacteria play a fundamental role in diseases such as obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Data are accumulating in…

Tax People to Change Behaviour – How to Make a Sweet Impact

July 29, 2015

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Unless you have been living in a far flung part of the world where access to data is limited most people are aware that…

Saccharomyces Boulardii Administration Changes Gut Microbiota And Reduces Hepatic Steatosis, Low-Grade Inflammation, And Fat Mass In Obese And Type 2 Diabetic Db/Db Mice.

June 4, 2015

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The use of Saccharomyces Boulardii as a therapeutic intervention in people with alterations in their microbiota and local immune responses has been explored for…

Artificial Sweeteners Attack Health Via the Microbiome

October 9, 2014

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Oh Boy… the journal Nature has this week (9.10.14) identified the insidious effect of consuming ‘diet’ or non caloric sweeteners on the burgeoning mass…