Gut health advocates, gut microbiota enthusiasts: our new website is for you!
5 Mar 2020by GMFH Editing Team
GMFH reinforces its commitment to accurate, clear and verified information about the gut microbiota, its role in health and how it can be modified through both diet and nutrition.
A new article on gut microbiota featured in National Geographic Magazine looks over the key functions these essential microorganisms have for human health through our lives.
What do we know about the relationship between our gut microbiota and cardiovascular disease?
19 Feb 2020by Megan Mouw
Most of us want to lower our cardiometabolic risk in order to live long and healthy lives; that is, we want to have what doctors define as a low risk of developing cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
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Food 4 Gut Health news
There’s no single ‘gut healthy’ diet: think about your diet in the broad sense rather than focusing on nutrients
25 Mar 2020by Andreu Prados
Diet is your best ally for taking care of the gut microbiota. Scientists agree that the recipe for achieving a healthier gut microbiome includes eating more plants regularly with fermented foods containing probiotics.
Eating right for gut health – An interview with Natasha Haskey, Registered Dietitian
15 Jan 2020by GMFH Editing Team
Interviewed at the 8th Gut Microbiota for Health World Summit 2019 in Miami (USA), Natasha Haskey analyzes what happens in the gut microbiota when we change our diet.
Research & Practice news
Microbial signatures identified in the liver, adipose tissue and blood of people with obesity and diabetes
23 Mar 2020by Patrice D. Cani
Individuals with obesity and type 2 diabetes have shown an altered gut microbiome composition. A new study has discovered tissue bacterial signatures linked to type 2 diabetes.
Large inter-individual variability exists regarding how our gut microbiota responds to dietary intervention. New findings in mice and people with obesity show that ‘responders’ to inulin may be identifiable from their gut microbiota before they receive the intervention.
Gut microbiota composition tied to type 2 diabetes remission following bariatric surgery in obese diabetic women
9 Mar 2020by Andreu Prados
Our gut microbiota profile may help us understand the contribution of bariatric surgery to weight loss. New findings reveal gut microbiota composition before Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is associated with type 2 diabetes remission in obese diabetic women.