There’s more to fermented foods than a good meal. Scientists are learning just how such foods encourage the growth of probiotics and how this keeps people healthy.
Why are some new parents wiping vaginal fluid all over their baby’s mouth, eyes, and skin?
Probiotics are live microorganisms that have been delivering health benefits for thousands of years by helping to establish healthy gut microbiota.
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Yo-yoing between eating well during the week and bingeing on junk food over the weekend is likely to be just as bad for your gut health as a consistent diet of junk.
They say you are what you eat, and we’re learning that a bad diet might mean bad moods and bad behaviour.
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Your thoughts, moods and behaviours are the product of your brain. What you eat affects the chemicals in your brain, and thus your moods and behaviours.
Acid busting PPIs may have some downsides.
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Two of the most common antibiotic-resistant bacteria circulating in hospitals can be wiped out by transplanting faeces from a healthy animal into the gut of an infected one, a study on mice has found.
Your intestines are home to many different kinds of bacteria (and some non-bacterial organisms as well). Together they’re called the “gut microbiome.” They come from the food you eat – and whatever else…
A parasite wants to live with you, and to do that it needs to convince your body’s immune system to ignore it.
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When you’re sick, you want the most effective treatment to help get you back on your feet. But what if that involved bugs? Maggots and leeches have been used for decades and are still supplied to hospitals…
From eyes to the gap between the toes, we are covered in bacterial colonies. Between 500 and 1000 unique species live in our gut alone. We provide an ideal environment for bacteria: warmth, moisture, nutrients…
Bacterial communities in the gut assemble within weeks of birth in distinct, patterned progressions.
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The types of bacteria that colonise an infant’s developing gut are influenced more by internal development than childbirth or early nutrition, according to a study published today in the journal PNAS…
Parasites can infest any part of the body that has an opening to the outside world.
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Many microscopic bugs and bacteria live on our skin and within our various nooks and crannies. Almost anywhere on (or even within) the human body can be home to these enterprising bugs. Bugs affect us…
The make up of a person’s gut bacteria changes when they develop Crohn’s disease.
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New links between the bacteria in your gut and disease are being made almost daily. We know, for instance, that the microbial communities residing in your intestines have a role in your mood and levels…