Research
16 October 2020
Probiotics are a hot topic in nutrition and health. They are popularly thought to have great potential in improving gut health, reducing risk of some diseases, or balancing the […]
6 October 2020
The microbiome is a collection of bacteria residing primarily in our digestive tract that plays a huge role in health promotion and disease prevention. We know that diseases […]
24 September 2020
Have you heard of the gut-brain axis? Or perhaps heard the phrase “the gut is a second brain?” Research is continually linking the gut microbiome with mental […]
23 September 2020
It may sound unusual, but fecal transplants have been found to be a valuable therapeutic strategy for multiple medical situations. Fecal samples from healthy individuals can be processed and used […]
22 September 2020
More and more studies are showing a strong connection between obesity and the gut microbiome. One team recently found that severe obesity is associated with a distressed gut […]
21 September 2020
Many different factors contribute to the development and changing of the gut microbiota throughout the lifecycle. We know that one of the earliest influences on the […]
21 September 2020
Investigations of links between the gut microbiome and specific diseases tend to have a causality problem: it’s unclear whether an altered microbiome contributes to the disease […]