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Probiotics and Mental Health: A Review of Human Studies
As regular readers of this blog know, one of my particular areas of interest is the relationship of the gut biome to mental health, including memory and cognition. Very early on, if you remember, I told you the story of losing my grandmother to… Continue Reading “Probiotics and Mental Health: A Review of Human Studies”
Babies, Breast Milk and the Development of the Early Microbiome and Immune System
That the first few months of life are critical for the development of a healthy microbiome, which in turn, affects health life-long is now accepted as a self-evidient fact. For those of you who, like me, have been following biome research for the last… Continue Reading “Babies, Breast Milk and the Development of the Early Microbiome and Immune System”
L. reuteri and Immune Protection for Babies
Interesting new research on the relationship between the maternal microbiome and the immune system in infants was just published by in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science[i]. Using a mouse model, scientists from the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine found that the… Continue Reading “L. reuteri and Immune Protection for Babies”
Breast Cancer: A Little Bit of Yogurt Seems to Go a Long Way
This past October, I wrote about probiotic use in breast cancer. If you remember, that paper concluded that what few in vitro and in vivo studies we have look promising. One piece of research mentioned in that paper is particularly pertinent to today’s post: … Continue Reading “Breast Cancer: A Little Bit of Yogurt Seems to Go a Long Way”
Evolutionary Mismatch, the Human Biome…and a Bit More on Obesity
Recently there was a lot of discussion on the Biome Buzz’ Facebook page in regards to a post on obesity, wherein some people expressed their opinions that our current epidemic of obesity is due to nothing more than people eating too much junk food. … Continue Reading “Evolutionary Mismatch, the Human Biome…and a Bit More on Obesity”
Early Life Biome Depletion and a Lifetime of Health Issues
Yesterday, I found a great complimentary article[i] to my Tuesday post regarding lack of exposure to commensal organisms and the development of asthma in children. This is another “it’s biome depletion not the darn ‘hygiene hypothesis’” kind of story! Background information: babies are exposed… Continue Reading “Early Life Biome Depletion and a Lifetime of Health Issues”
The Continuing Development of the Bacterial Microbiome After the Age of 3
We’ve known for quite some time that gut flora development from birth through the 3rd year of life has a tremendous impact on health throughout the lifetime. However, not much research has been done on the continuing development of the microbiota in school aged… Continue Reading “The Continuing Development of the Bacterial Microbiome After the Age of 3”
More Evidence for Industrialization Leading to Biome Depletion
Earlier this week, I wrote about a couple of new articles in the lay press about helminths. When I posted this on Facebook, one of my readers commented that it reminded her of a blog post from this past November, about how the loss… Continue Reading “More Evidence for Industrialization Leading to Biome Depletion”
The Prophylactic Use of Probiotics (to Combat Microbiome Alterations Due to C-section and Early Life Antibiotic Use)
The article I read yesterday was a natural follow-on from my last post, about autism and its relationship to perturbations in the gut microbiome. This one was about a double-blind, placebo-controlled study using probiotics to restore normal gut microbiota in infants who were either… Continue Reading “The Prophylactic Use of Probiotics (to Combat Microbiome Alterations Due to C-section and Early Life Antibiotic Use)”
Enhanced Immunity: A Benefit of a Natural Biome
Early last month, I read an abstract of a paper that demonstrated that formula feeding predisposes neonatal piglets to Clostridum difficile (CD) infection.[i] (CD is a bacterial infection of the gut that causes profound diarrhea, inflammation of the gut, and if severe enough, can… Continue Reading “Enhanced Immunity: A Benefit of a Natural Biome”
