A Healthy Gut is…
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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…
Microbiome
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…
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…
