A new article published in Nature reveals new information about the link between gut microbiota and infant development, evolution and the transition from infancy to childhood.
During TEDxHa’pennyBridge in Dublin, Principal Investigator at the APC Microbiome Institute in Cork, John Cryan, gave a talk about the connection between the gut, brain and microbiome, and its impact on psychiatric and immune disorders.
Here is an interview with the Italian microbiologist Lorenzo Morelli, whose research focuses on the probiotics present in fermented foods as an alternative to medical treatments.
Communication between the brain and the gut is one of the keys to good health and ensuring the proper functioning of the immune system in response to pathogens.
Assessing the hopes, the promises and also the threats of gut microbiota research
17 Sep 2018by Cristina Sáez
Gut microbiota research has grown exponentially during the last decade, in a field of study that ranges from gut microbiota composition to the prevention or onset of diseases.
Meet Patrice Cani, the scientist who wants to improve your health by using a probiotic
18 Jul 2018by GMFH Editing Team
Akkermansia muciniphila, a key bacterium in stimulating the immune response and metabolic health of the host, played a leading role at the 2018 edition of the Gut Microbiota for Health World Summit.
Andrea Hardy, Registered Dietitian: “I like to challenge people to eat something living every day”
4 Jul 2018by GMFH Editing Team
The dietitian explains the importance of offering all her patients recommendations that include an interdisciplinary approach, but without neglecting the lifestyle element, which also affects gut health.
“By modulating your diet, you can also modulate your microbes”: An interview with Clara Belzer
28 Jun 2018by GMFH Editing Team
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.
APC Microbiome Ireland is a research institute at the University College Cork (Ireland), which has proposed World Microbiome Day be held on June 27, in recognition of the role bacteria and gut microbiota play in our health.
New Gut Microbiota for Health infographic on fermented foods and gut microbiota
30 May 2018by GMFH Editing Team
This infographic by Gut Microbiota for Health (GMFH) proposes a view on the health benefits of fermented foods from the perspective of the gut microbiota.
