Not just the gut: Refined carbs, sugar in junk food harmful to oral microbiome, too
Postmenopausal women who regularly eat junk food have harmful bacteria linked to tooth decay and periodontal disease growing in their mouths.
Postmenopausal women who regularly eat junk food have harmful bacteria linked to tooth decay and periodontal disease growing in their mouths.
A recent study may lead to new gut microbiome-based therapies to normalize function of the pancreas and GI tract hormones in obese diabetes patients.
That may not be you who’s hungry. For the first time, research reveals that gut bacteria can control what we want to eat.
Using chlorine to treat drinking water in Dhaka, Bangladesh reduces diarrhea and antibiotic use, without disrupting the normal population of bacteria in the digestive tract of children.
A direct and sex-specific association between the composition of an infant’s microbiome and early childhood behavioral health has been found by scientists at Dartmouth University
Antibiotics are helpful for treating bacterial infections, but their life-saving treatment effects come at the cost of ‘good’ gut microbes. To make matters worse, antibiotic treatment has increased the risk of being drug-resistant and developing inflammatory infections later on in life. To reduce the downside of antibiotics, researchers from MIT have devised bacterial strains that work to protect the gut.
Probiotics are good for the gut, and new research suggests they could also improve symptoms of Parkinson’s disease.
Scientists have found a link between the gut microbiome and symptoms of autism spectrum disorder.
New research shows that a healthy gut microbiome actually decreases the feeling of fear in infants.
Not only can the gut microbiome influence heart health, but how people eat can also determine whether those organisms help or hurt blood pressure levels.