microbiome

Lifestyle factors for the prevention and care of people with inflammatory bowel disease

17 Aug at 8:47 am

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Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) are chronic inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) typically featuring chronic diarrhoea (with or without bleeding), abdominal pain, and…

Leveraging diet to engineer the gut microbiome to manage inflammation

December 13, 2022

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The gut microbiome, i.e., the community of bacteria and other microorganisms living in the human gut, has been implicated both directly and indirectly (mediating…

Blood Sugar and Metabolism

November 1, 2022

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Recent articles in various journals have highlighted the challenge mere mortals have matching their metabolic needs with the foods they trust and like. When…

The ‘cross talk’ between sleep, nutrition, and immunity

July 13, 2022

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Sleep affects various immune parameters, and is associated with reduced infection risk and can improve infection outcome, autoimmunity, and vaccination responses[1]. Adequate nutrition is…

Proven Link Between the Microbiome and the Dynamics of the Immune System

December 4, 2020

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In recent years, the #microbiota has been linked to many aspects of human health, but until now its impact on the #immune system has…

Sleep And The Gut Microbiome

October 9, 2020

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We all know that lack of #sleep can leave us with feelings of lethargy and in a bad mood, but if this becomes prolonged…

Landmark Microbiome Studies- Predicting Illness and Lifespan

February 24, 2020

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Two new #microbiome studies were published last month both concluding that analysis of the human microbiome is more accurate in determining the individual’s risk…

Using Common Food Compounds to Manage the Gut Microbiome

February 3, 2020

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The foods we eat commonly affect our #gut #microbiota by triggering the production of #bacteriophage, which are the viruses that infect and replicate inside…

Impact of Cooked vs. Raw Food on the Gut

October 17, 2019

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There have been various studies investigating the impact on the #microbiome of different kinds of diets, such as vegetarian versus meat based, but as…

Vaginal Microbiome Transplants

October 4, 2019

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Inspired by the success of Faecal microbiota transplantation (#FMT), two teams of scientists have been researching #vaginal #microbiome #transplantation. The belief is that by…