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…

 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…

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…