Most people only consume about half of the recommended amount of dietary fibre, and it can negatively affect overall health.
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Fibre isn’t just associated with colon health; it’s associated with overall health and brain health through the gut-brain axis. But not all fibres are created equal.
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Here’s why a healthy balance of microbes is important for astronauts when they travel to Mars and beyond.
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Improve your gut microbiome health and you improve so many aspects of your overall health. Here’s how to do it.
Many people suffer with hay fever.
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Research suggests there could be a link between hay fever and the microbiome. Exploring this connection paves the way for potential treatments.
The new system generally gives higher scores to fruits, vegetables and minimally processed foods.
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The Food Compass system scores foods based on variables like the amounts of refined grains and sugars, processing and healthful ingredients. People who ate better-scoring foods had better overall health.
Foods such as kimchi are great to include in a psychobiotic diet.
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Our latest study adds further evidence that diet and mental health are closely connected.
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Your body produces postbiotics after digesting prebiotic and probiotic foods – and many postbiotics are crucial to good gut health.
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Our new technology to recycle food waste into prebiotics uses no toxic chemicals and no fossil fuels.
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Antibiotics can destroy the good bacteria in your gut. But some foods can help get it back to normal.
The gut microbiome is the community of micro-organisms living inside the gastrointestinal tract, which performs many beneficial functions, including educating the immune system.
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The disease is more severe in people with obesity, diabetes and hypertension — all conditions linked to changes in the gut microbiome.
Bifidobacterium bacteria.
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Clinical trials involving probiotics are failing to report on the safety and harms of these treatments.
Gut microbe composition is fairly similar across a range of diseases.
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Certain gut microbes have been associated with certain diseases, but a new study finds that the pattern of microbes is consistent across a range of diseases.
Gut microbe metabolites can tell us a lot about our health.
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Six scientists on the supplements they take every day and why they take them.
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Low fibre eaters gain weight more quickly and may be more susceptible to certain illnesses.
We don’t actually know whether probiotics have a measurable impact on digestive health.
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The terms probiotics and prebiotics are appearing on more items in supermarket aisles all the time. Both words, their placement and the products they adorn, imply they’re good for you, that more of these…