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We have known for a while that obesity has a microbial component. Now, a team of scientists led by Patrice D. Cani reports a novel bacterium isolated from the human gut that counteracts diet-induced obesity, inflammation and glucose dysregulation in mice.
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Hana Kahleova, Director of Clinical Research at the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (Washington, USA), explains the effect of a plant-based diet on the gut microbiota and why it is beneficial for your overall health and wellness.
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What can you do to take care of your gut health? Canadian registered dietitian Andrea Hardy, interviewed at the 9th Gut Microbiota for Health World Summit, gives you some good advice.
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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.
Opting to follow a vegetarian diet is becoming a growing trend in Western countries, but is it a healthy choice as well? What impact does a plant-based diet have on the gut microbiota compared with an omnivorous one?
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In Canada, 3,500 children and their families are part of the CHILD Cohort Study, which is a large research project that is figuring out how the human microbiome influences our health.
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Clara Belzer, professor of microbiology and a specialist in the direct role played by gut microbes in human health and microbial networks, shows us that diet can affect health through the gut microbiota.
According to researcher Mahesh Desai, if we do not feed the gut microbiota correctly, the state of our intestinal barrier may deteriorate, consequently leading to disease.
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Hank Green and his team at SciShow tell us about the importance and power of microbes in relation to our brain, as well as the role they play in maintaining our overall daily health.
Joe Hanson, from the YouTube channel It’s Okay to Be Smart, tells the story of the gut microbiota and its important role in human health, with the help of entertaining sequences of images and texts.
