The Microbiome Plays A Big Part In How We Handle Stress!

"The microbiome plays a key role in determining how different individuals respond to psychological and physical stress, researchers have concluded. " Read more...

Microbiome seen as key factor in resilience/immunity equation.  16-Aug-2018 By Hank Schultz. https://www.nutraingredients.com/Article/2018/08/16/Microbiome-seen-as-key-factor-in-resilience-immunity-equation 

Ugly Marital Spats Can Make You Sick!

"Married people who fight nastily are more likely to suffer from leaky guts -- a problem that unleashes bacteria into the blood and can drive up disease-causing inflammation, new research suggests." Read more...

Ohio State University. "How ugly marital spats might open the door to disease: Study links couples' hostility and gut bacteria, inflammation in bloodstream." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 15 August 2018. <www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180815085903.htm>.

Eat Green Leavy Vegetables for Good Gut Health!



A critical discovery about how bacteria feed on an unusual sugar molecule found in leafy green vegetables could hold the key to explaining how 'good' bacteria protect our gut and promote health.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2016-02-sweet-discovery-leafy-greens-key.html#jCp

Gut microbes’ protective effects compromised by alcohol



Gut microbes’ protective effects compromised by alcohol: The protective function of natural gut antibiotics is impaired by alcohol leaving bacteria free to migrate to the liver aggravating alcohol-induced liver disease, a study has shown.

Probiotics Improve Gut Health in Healthy People!

One of the largest probiotic clinical interventions has found significant improvement in gut health in healthy people.

 

Probiotics deliver significant defecation benefits in healthy people: Study

By Shane Starling+Shane STARLING, 24-Sep-2015

 

 

http://www.nutraingredients.com/Research/Probiotics-deliver-significant-defecation-benefits-in-healthy-people-Study

Omega-3 Could Help Support "Friendly" Bacteria In the Gut!

The omage-3 fatty acid EPA may help to support the growth and tolerance of probiotic bacterial strains in the human gut, according to new preliminary research.

 

http://www.nutraingredients.com/Research/Omega-3-could-help-support-friendly-bacteria-in-the-gut

Probiotics Reduce Inflammation Profile and Lead to Healthier Gut Biome!

A group of study participants took a mixture of probiotics for 3 weeks. At the end of the study, there was a significant reduction in the inflammatory profile, as well as, a change to a microbiota profile more characteristic of healthier and younger populations.

Lactobacillus gasseri KS-13, Bifidobacterium bifidum G9-1, and Bifidobacterium longum MM-2 Ingestion Induces a Less Inflammatory Cytokine Profile and a Potentially Beneficial Shift in Gut Microbiota in Older Adults: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Crossover Study. Journal of the American College of Nutrition (24 April 2015), pp. 1-11 by Samuel J. Spaiser, Tyler Culpepper, Carmelo Nieves, et al. http://www.citeulike.org/user/kimberlykramer2015/article/13594136

Probiotics Still Can Not Make Health Claim but Many Used to Treat Gastrointestinal Disease!

Probiotics are yet to win a health claim in the European Union but they continue to receive backing by various bodies for gastrointestinal issues like diarrhoea.

 No health claims but probiotics remain on medical agenda

By Shane Starling from Berlin, 27-Apr-2015. http://www.nutraingredients.com/Regulation-Policy/No-health-claims-but-probiotics-remain-on-medical-agenda

Kimchi Changes Balance of Bacteria in the Gut!

While I am not gonna jump on the bandwagon for this one, I thought I would note it because it shows how diet can influence gut health!

Consuming fermented kimchi, a source of lactobacilli, may alter the composition of bacterial populations in the gut and affect metabolic pathways for obese women, says a new study from Korea.

Can fermented kimchi alter the gut microbiota and influence metabolism? Nutraingredients-USA.com. Stephen DANIELLS, 30-Mar-2015http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/Research/Can-fermented-kimchi-alter-the-gut-microbiota-and-influence-metabolism