Microbiome
What Happens when the Microbiome Goes Awry? Dysbiosis of gut bacterial communities can cause disease. Dysbiosis means a disruption of the healthy microbe population towards a less-diverse and less-stable microbiome that allows overgrowth of potentially damaging and disease-causing bacteria. Dysbiosis can be caused not only by detrimental organisms but also by aging, smoking, intake of…
Read More...What does the Microbiome Do For Us ? Here is the essence of the gut microbiome in the simplest of terms. Bacteria in the gut that live in symbiosis with human beings and keep us healthy are known as “good bacteria” and they thrive on fruits, vegetables, grains and beans. In contrast, gut bacteria that…
Read More...What is the Microbiome? Research on the microbiome of the human gut is still quite new. It was not until the 1990s that we even recognized that we human beings harbour a very large and active population of a wide variety of types of tiny organisms on and within our bodies. By far the…
Read More...The influence of dairy is far-reaching. In this installment we’ll look at some of its pervasive effects in multiple aspects affecting the health of human beings. Dairy products can block absorption of antioxidants The phenolic-type antioxidants in fruits such as blueberries are known to decrease blood pressure and stiffness in the arteries (1). This…
Read More...The media has been sending out very mixed messages in the last few years regarding the effects of fat in our daily diet. Some headlines announce “Fat is Back!” while serious scientific research that gathers evidence about the very real harms of eating saturated fat are quietly relegated to the background. The scientific community is…
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