This fall, a new diversion emerged for a certain scientific set—those for whom Prevotella melaninogenica rolls easily off the tongue. Appearing as the after-hours entertainment at Lake Arrowhead Microbial Genomics 2016, and other conferences focused on bacteria, is Gut Check,
Building a resilient immune system: Interview with Prof. Philip Calder (Part 1)
2 Nov 2016by Kristina Campbell
In the traditional view of your immune system, your body is a fortress that needs to be defended.
The Harvard Probiotics Symposium, “Gut health, microbiota & probiotics throughout the lifespan: Metabolic & brain function”, was held on September 15th and 16th at Harvard Medical School in Boston (USA).
The Harvard Probiotics Symposium, “Gut health, microbiota & probiotics throughout the lifespan: Metabolic & brain function”, was held on September 15th and 16th at Harvard Medical School in Boston (USA).
Exploring the clinical usefulness of the low-FODMAP diet for Crohn’s disease
16 Sep 2016by Kristina Campbell
The observed success of the low-FODMAP diet in reducing gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms in IBS made a group of researchers ask whether the diet could also address functional GI symptoms in those with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) such as Crohn's disease. This idea was explored in a recent study from the group at Monash University (Australia) that originally developed and tested the low-FODMAP diet.
Studying how the low-FODMAP diet reduces symptoms in Irritable Bowel Syndrome
14 Sep 2016by Kristina Campbell
Foods that trigger symptoms are well identified by those who suffer from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
Learning what happens between a probiotic input and a health output
10 Aug 2016by Kristina Campbell
According to a recently published systematic review by Kristensen and colleagues in Genome Medicine, probiotics have the ability to change fecal microbiota composition.
Connecting the Dots between Digestion and Emotion: Book Review of Emeran Mayer’s The Mind-Gut Connection
3 Aug 2016by Kristina Campbell
In his new book, The Mind-Gut Connection, gastroenterologist and University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) professor of medicine Dr. Emeran Mayer explain the different ways the gut and the brain communicate.
When Michael Gershon called the digestive system "the second brain" in his 1999 book, it was because scientists were beginning to realize that the gut and the brain in humans were engaged in constant conversation.
A recent study, published in Nature Microbiology, has found associations between colonic transit time and aspects of patients’ gut microbiota in terms of composition, diversity, and also metabolic products.
