Gut Microbiota News Watch is a section dedicated to expanding knowledge about gut microbiota’s importance for health and quality of life among the media and society in general. Using clear and easy-to-understand language, our aim is to keep our readers up-to-date on the latest facts and news about gut microbiota.
by 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.
Scientists are beginning to understand that our human genes can’t take credit for every adaptation that has occurred throughout history.
Two studies publish recently in the journal Science conclude a person’s diet, lifestyle and medication intake have profound effects on the gut microbiota.
Research is revealing more about how these molecules benefit your health as they travel around the body.
Professor of Psychiatry Ted Dinan, from the University College Cork, is one of the world main experts on this link between mental health and our guts. We interviewed him during the 5th Gut Microbiota for Health World Summit 2016, held in Miami in February and we had the opportunity to talk about the gut-brain axis.
by GMFH Editing Team
During the 5th Gut Microbiota for Health World Summit 2016 José Clemente, assistant professor at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, talk about the importance of gut microbiota at early life.
“Breast milk's first impact is to favour the colonisation of the gut by specific bacterial groups that can digest these sugar molecules,” said Thierry Hennet, a researcher at the Institute of Physiology at the University of Zurich, in a telephone interview with Gut Microbiota for Health.
According to a new study published in the journal Cell Host & Microbe, genes also influence the community of microorganisms that live in the gut: they play a role in what type and amount of bacteria we have in our intestine.
Gut Microbiota for Health recognised as "ConSalud Initiative of the Year".
by Cristina Sáez
A team formed by German and Swiss scientists have discovered that this interaction with the baby’s immune system starts much earlier than previously thought: during pregnancy.
