by GMFH Editing Team
What kind of diet promotes gut health? Are ‘superfoods’ good for your gut microbiota? Is what is good for your health also good for the planet? In an interview at the 9th Gut Microbiota for Health World Summit, Kevin Whelan answers our questions.
by Andreu Prados
Little is known about how food components specifically modulate the make-up of our gut microbiota. A new in vitro study explores how different carbohydrate substrates influence the diversity of the human colonic microbiota.
by Researchers from the Univ. of Toledo-Microbiome Consortium
A recent study published by researchers from the University of Toledo, in Cell, raises a health concern about that these refined soluble fibers.
by Andreu Prados
A recent study has found that meal timing affects the daily rhythm of the human salivary microbiota and that timing differences may have a deleterious effect on the metabolism of the host.
by Kristina Campbell
Whether it's chicken soup to help fight a cold or garlic to fortify against the flu, tradition has it that food can influence our immune response. But does this idea hold up scientifically?
by GMFH Editing Team
During the 5th Gut Microbiota for Health World Summit 2016, held in Miami, we had the opportunity to talk to Francisco Guarner.
by Andreu Prados
Gregor Reid is Professor of Microbiology, Immunology and Surgery at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Western Ontario (Canada), as well as the Director of the Canadian Research and Development Centre for Probiotics, and Assistant Director of the Lawson Health Research Institute.
The power of food to impact your health is not a new idea, but it is only with emerging research on the human gut microbiota that scientists are beginning to understand exactly how this happens.
