A study led by Dan Knights at the University of Minnesota concludes that a varied diet helps maintain a stable microbiome, while also giving your body all the nutrients it needs to stay healthy.
Diet, antibiotics and geography can influence the microbial make-up of the gut.
27 Jun 2019by Andreu Prados
An interview with Dr. Rob Knight, founding Director of the Center for Microbiome Innovation at the University of California San Diego, on the occasion of World Microbiome Day 2019, discussing how microbes could help mitigate the rise in antibiotic resistance.
Recent research has shown the gut microbiota’s importance for gut health while confirming that diet remains one of the most powerful ways to influence this gut microbial balance.
Gut microbiota diversity among citizens of western countries has declined in comparison with that of people from less developed countries.
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.
New WGO guidelines: how your diet can help you care for your gut microbiota
26 Sep 2018by Andrea Hardy
The World Gastroenterology Organization (WGO) has published a new guide with practical recommendations on the gut and food to improve the understanding of gut microbiota-related study.
Can nutrition be personalized based on an individual’s gut microbiota composition and structure, so we can care take a more detailed and controlled approach to looking after our health?
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.
The future of nutrition is personalized, and gut microbiota will help us get there
25 Apr 2018by Kristina Campbell
The latest gut microbiota research helps us create more personalized nutritional advice and recommendations and, consequently, take greater care and have more control over our health.
Two recent studies published in Cell Host and Microbe have shed some light on how gut microbiota benefits from a high fiber diet.