Artificial Sweeteners, Microbes and Blood Sugar Control
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A paper in Nature back in 2014 noted that artificial non-caloric sweeteners (NAS) when consumed by mice had a detrimental effect of their metabolic…
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Vaginal Seeding – Yes its Real and Possibly You are Considering it?
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What? This is the act of applying vaginal bacteria to new-borns, not delivered vaginally to ensure exposure to the mother’s microbiome. Whilst at present,…
Probiotics in Digestive Diseases: Focus on Lactobacillus GG.
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A review article in Gastroenterologica e Dietologica explores the evidence for the use of LGG as a therapeutic probiotic.[1] Probiotics are becoming increasingly important…
Integrative Analysis of the Microbiome and Metabolome of the Human Intestinal Mucosal Surface Reveals Exquisite Inter-relationships
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A fascinating open paper was published in microbiome in 2013, and its suggested conclusions are now more prescient than ever, as the relationship between…
Prescription Drugs Obscure Microbiome Analyses
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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…
Antibiotics – Short Term Benefits Offset Against Long Term Risk?
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The growing knowledge in research communities concerning the symbiotic relationship we have with our bacterial organism population is increasingly reflecting that which we have…
The Gut Microbiota in Internal Medicine: Implications for Health and Disease.
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A free to access paper published in the Netherlands Journal of Medicine in Feb 2015 explores the opportunities for health care management by understanding…
Dietary Magnesium Deficiency Alters Gut Microbiota and Leads To Depressive-Like Behaviour
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The relationships between magnesium deficiency and human health are extensive. Whilst this is an animal model the possibility that some of the benefits seen…
Artificial Sweeteners Attack Health Via the Microbiome
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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…
Once Broken; Difficult To Fix Microbiomes Have Long Term Consequences
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The gut microbiomes of young children appear to fail to fully recover from the trauma of early-life malnourishment, even after they are treated with…