The effort to edit the genes of Chinese twins implies that all our traits are determined by our genes. But changing our diet, environment, lifestyle and microbes may have a greater effect.
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Study finds changes to gut microbiome begin as soon as migrants move to the US and continue to change over decades.
New research suggests people who eat organic plant foods have a reduction in risk of common cancers.
An expert explains how often you should poo and what it should look like.
Sometimes the enemy of your enemy is your friend.
For most of the twentieth century, we were at war with microbes, leading to substantial changes in our body’s ecosystem. This has changed our diets, disease profile, moods and even personalities.
A world-first trial showed depression is reduced after just three months following a diet rich in vegetables, fruits, wholegrains, legumes, fish, lean red meats, olive oil and nuts.
We need micro-environmentalists to fight for the cause.
New research suggests our gut microbes have their own circadian rhythms that in turn influence our organ functions. Is this an explanation for how disrupting our daily patterns can cause health problems?
For most of us, the form of stool we excrete can vary widely depending, in part, on what we’ve been doing.
The make-up of our gut is constantly changing and affects everything from our immune system and digestion, to our brain function.
Links have been made between the community of bacteria in your gut and depression, pain, stress and sleep. So what does the science say?
Gordon has made humble gut microbes one of the most talked about health topics of the last decade.
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.
Poo-analysis tests conducted by the Soviet leader may not have been as crazy as they sound.
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.
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Professor of Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London
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Associate Professor of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, University of Washington
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Senior Lecturer in Pharmaceutical Sciences, RMIT University
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Senior Research Fellow, Deakin University
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Alfred Deakin Professor, Deakin University
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Research fellow, University of Bath
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Group Leader, Personalised Health, CSIRO
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Associate Professor at Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University
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Research Professor of Biotechnology, Head of Host-Microbe Interactions Laboratory, RMIT University
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Lecturer in Microbiology, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Professor, School of Medicine, University of Connecticut
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Research Fellow University of Notre Dame Australia; Adjunct Fellow (National Institute of Complementary Medicine), Western Sydney University, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Visiting Research Fellow, King's College London
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PhD candidate, The University of Western Australia
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Senior lecturer, RMIT University
