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For those involved in functional medicine, the significance of the human gut in the onset, persistence, and exacerbation of various health disorders is well…
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Cardiovascular Disease and Gut Microbiota
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The dark matter of the gastrointestinal microbiome, where yet to be fully discovered bacteria reside, is being steadily explored and some of the related…
Lifestyle factors for the prevention and care of people with inflammatory bowel disease
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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…