Can’t Miss Gut Health Links #61
Cool Research Scientists have yet to be able to define a single healthy gut microbiome profile. The role of bifidobacteria...
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Can’t Miss Gut Health Links #60
Cool Research The gut microbiota and brain speak to each other constantly through three main pathways. Mycobiota composition and changes...
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Gut Health for Kids
All too often, we don’t really think about our own gut health, let alone the gut health of our kids...
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Can’t Miss Gut Health Links #59
Cool Research Microorganisms in the gut are linked to cognitive function. It’s possible gut bacteria may play a part in...
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The Forgotten Nutrient Your Gut Needs
This nutrient can be found just about everywhere; in fact, it’s so ubiquitous, most of us don’t even think about...
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Can’t Miss Gut Health Links #58
Cool Research New research and trials of FMT (fecal microbiota transplant) are underway. Studies on mice and flies are showing...
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The connection between the gut and lungs
The more we learn about the gut, the more important we understand it to be to the health of the...
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Can’t Miss Gut Health Links #57
Cool Research Clostridioides difficile infection remains an unfamiliar subject for clinicians: prevalence, risk factors and co-occurrence with COVID-19. Diet quality...
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Is Vitamin D Good for Your Gut?
Do you take a vitamin D supplement? Many of us do these days; testing for vitamin D deficiency has increased...
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Can’t Miss Gut Health Links #56
Cool Research Bioaccumulation: common medications–from antidepressants to antidiabetic drugs–can accumulate in gut bacteria altering bacterial function and potentially reducing medications...
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One Easy Way to Improve Gut Health
While there’s no single fix to give you good gut health, there is one thing you can do right now...
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Can’t Miss Gut Health Links #55
Cool Research Great research on MACs (microbiota-accessible carbohydrates) and looking at the Western diet and lifestyle and its effects on...
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Can’t Miss Gut Health Links #54
Cool Research Thoughts about next-gen probiotics and postbiotics A new Stanford University study, shows that a fermented-food diet may increase...
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Can’t Miss Gut Health Links #53
Cool Research Recent studies in centenarians have revealed that age-related changes in the gut microbiota are related to frailty and...
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Can’t Miss Gut Health Links #52
Cool Research The role of glutamine in supporting gut health and neuropsychiatric factors. A review of how dietary pectic substances...
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Halloween and Your Gut
What does Halloween have to do with your gut? Well… nothing directly, but it is a holiday centered around sugar, and sugar definitely has something to do with our gut (and it’s not good).
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Can't Miss Gut Health Links #51
Cool Research Protecting our brain starts in our gut – immune cells on the surface of mice brains were discovered...
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Sleep and Your Gut
Sleep and Your Gut Sleep is an essential function to our physical and mental health and wellbeing. Giving your body...
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Can’t Miss Gut Health Links #50
Cool Research Got Crohn’s disease? This study may have good news for you: two specific diets (Mediterranean and Specific Carbohydrate)...
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Can’t Miss Gut Health Links #49
Cool Research IBS is bad, but a new study showed that the severity of symptoms is directly connected to diet...
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Rebalance Your Microbiome
Many people think that bacteria are bad, and certainly, some bacteria can cause illness. But our bodies actually depend on...
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Can’t Miss Gut Health Links #48
Cool Research Challenges of the low-FODMAP diet for those with IBS, and approaches to mitigating them. The International Scientific Association...
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Can’t Miss Gut Health Links #47
Cool Research A scientific review in Nature takes a look at potential variables that can skew gut microbiome research data....
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Seven Other Websites and Blogs to Read for Gut Health
If you’re looking for more information about gut health, these websites and blogs are regularly updated and all of them...
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Fiber vs Prebiotics
First things first. You need to know that while all prebiotic fibers are fibers, not all fibers are prebiotics. But!...
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Can't Miss Gut Health Links #44
Cool Research A new study suggests that the gut microbiota may be a novel avenue for exploring heart disease prevention....
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Can't Miss Gut Health Links #41
Cool Research Gut microbes from the phylogenetically diverse genus Eubacterium and their various contributions to gut health Dietary polyphenol impact...
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How to Tell Your Microbiome is Out of Whack
The gut microbiome plays an important role in our overall health. It’s responsible for keeping the immune system as strong...
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What Supplements Support Good Gut Health?
In an ideal world, we’d get all of the vitamins, minerals, and micronutrients our bodies need purely from the foods...
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Bone Broth Fast Gut Heath Reboot
Struggling with gut problems is not only painful and exhausting, it’s confusing. Some sources claim that superfoods are going to...
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Cranberries Are Good For Your Gut
Most of the time, when we hear about the benefits of cranberries, it’s always about their ability to support our...
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When Should You Take Prebiotics?
Gut pain or discomfort shouldn’t be a regular state; many people neglect what their body is trying to tell them....
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The Relationship Between Gut Microbiota and Chronic Disease
The healthcare industry is currently facing challenges when it comes to the many chronic illnesses and diseases that no doubt...
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A Diverse Diet and Rich Gut Flora Can Benefit your Health
The numerous different bacteria that inhabit the human body are often referred to as our gut flora, gut microbiota, and...
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Gut Health Is The Key To Everything
Did you know that the gut contains more neurotransmitters than our brain?! This is why the gut is often referred...
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The 5 R’s Regimen to Reset Your Gut
If you’re currently suffering from gut health issues, you might consider trying the 5 R Regimen. What it is? We...
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The Benefits of Polyphenol-Rich Food on Gut Health
The health benefits of antioxidants are widely known. In particular, their ability to prevent free radical damage throughout the body...
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How to Restore Gut Health After Antibiotics
It’s perhaps a little ironic that you’d need to recover from taking antibiotics. But the human digestive tract is highly...
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How Resistant Starch Affects Our Microbiota
Almost all of the carbohydrates that we eat are starches. These long chains of glucose can be found in potatoes,...
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Improve Your Gut Health in Just Three Days (Yes, Really)
It really is possible to dramatically improve your gut health in just three days. A team of scientists proved that...
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Study: Resistant Starch Improves Insulin Sensitivity Independently of Gut Flora
Obese people are at an incredibly high risk of developing type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease, among...
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Changes in Gut Bacteria May be Linked to Obesity
There's been a lot of talk about gut health and weight loss. Researchers speculate that changes in gut bacteria might...
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Gut Bacteria May Affect Your Weight and Blood Fats
Some researchers believe as many as 100 trillion gut bacteria may be living in a normal, healthy gut. Scientists at the...
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