Microbiome
What we eat is inextricably linked to human health. Decades of scientific evidence tells us that diets low in unprocessed plant-based foods are the cause of more diet-related deaths from cardiovascular disease, cancers and type-2 diabetes than from any other risk factor (1). We also have plenty of data linking specific tiny inhabitants of the…
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The Human Genome Project is one of the most impressive exploration achievements in human history. And yet it did not involve travel to distant territories. Instead it was an inward quest to map out all of the genes of the human species. The project began on October 1, 1990 and was completed in April 2003. …
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It is becoming increasingly clear that the food choices we make every day can alter the way we process information about the world around us. Perhaps this shouldn’t be a big surprise. We know now that the human adult brain, which constitutes only about 2% of our body weight, uses 20% of our total oxygen…
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On April 25, 2020, the results of a study looking at the connection between the gut microbiome and Covid-19 were published. This research adds depth to the new discovery that an unbalanced, unhealthy gut microbiome promotes inflammation that may result in higher susceptibility to Covid-19 and a greater risk of progression into more severe disease,…
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Encouraging a Robust Gut Microbiome Continued Part 4 of this article discussed the influence of diet on a healthy microbiome. Happily, there are even more factors within our own control that can affect the health of our gut. In this final part of the gut microbiome series, we’ll look into these other elements. Finally we’ll…
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My name is Debra Harley (BScPhm) and I welcome you to my retirement project, this website. Over the course of a life many lessons are learned, altering deeply-rooted ideas and creating new passions.
