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Glyphosate Affects Bacterial Species in the Gut Microbiome
Recent research has shown that more than half of bacterial species in the core of the human gut microbiome are potentially sensitive to glyphosate.
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The Gut-Immune Connection
Every day we seem to be learning more and more about the relationship between the gut microbiome and immune health. For example, just last month, researchers discovered that the immune system doesn’t activate at nine weeks into gestation, as previously thought. We now know that the intestinal epithelial cells work to eradicate damaged cells long…
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New Study Explores How Gut Immune System Functions
New research published in Nature by Rockefeller University on October 29, 2020, is changing the way we perceive the gut microbiota and immune system. Previously, scientists thought that the gut’s immune system was crude in its approach to population control, simply cleansing out foreign invaders with non-specific antibodies in a blanket approach to flush out…
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How Exercise Affects Your Gut
Though it is well known that diet can certainly modulate the composition of the gut microbiota, we are only just beginning to understand how exercise affects your gut and gut microbiome. However, considering the many roles of the gut in the development and maintenance of overall health, it is not surprising that there is great…
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Ketogenic Diet Influences Gut Fungi
How the ketogenic influences the microbiota is a favorite research topic today. Some data suggests that ketogenic diets may compromise the bacterial diversity in the gut, for example, decreasing the common Bifidobacteria. And in a recent single-center, randomized, double-blind crossover pilot study published in the journal EBioMedicine, modifiable fungi in the gut of patients with…
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Improving Gut Health For Weight Loss
Gut bacteria play several roles in host metabolism and overall health. They produce certain vitamins (K, folate, thiamine, other B vitamins, and tryptophan) and communicate with the immune system in addition to a plethora of other roles including influence on mood and weight regulation.
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New Study Finds Gluten in Your Gluten-Free Foods
While gluten-free dining options have been steadily increasing, new research has elucidated that there may still be gluten in your “gluten-free” foods. While packaged foods labeled as gluten-free must contain less than 20 parts per million of gluten, there is no similar standard for gluten-free restaurant foods. A study, published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology in…
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Managing Inflammation through Gut Microbiota
Many factors influence one’s health and whether or not something supports or opposes a healthy inflammatory response is critical. While factors that may increase inflammation such as age and hereditary are out of our control, physical activity, dietary choices, and chemical exposures are within our control. Because inflammation can be at the root cause of…
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YOUR GUT AND YOUR SKIN ARE CONNECTED: INTRODUCING THE GUT-SKIN AXIS
Have you ever wondered by pimples and constipation often come together, or why you break out after eating french fries? It could be because of the gut-skin axis, a concept at the center of an emerging, exciting area of research in Western Medicine. The gut-skin axis deals with the bidirectional relationship between the gut and…
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Gut Microbiota and the Neuroendocrine System
The gut-brain axis is undeniable, but specific mechanisms of influence continue to be investigated. Specifically, the gut microbiota is now considered the body’s major neuroendocrine system, controlling body processes including the stress response and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. Back in the early 20th century, Nobel laureate, Ilya Metchnikoff, observed that the growth of cholera could…