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Category: Parkinson’s Disease
Two New Articles on Parkinson’s
Two more recent article provide yet more evidence linking gut inflammation to the development of Parkinson’s disease…which my regular readers know, is another of my particular interests, as I have 3 friends already suffering from it. The first article describes research at the University…
Even Mild Stress May Cause Adverse Changes to Your Microbiome
This was a banner week, in terms of incredibly interesting bits of research popping up everywhere. It was hard to figure out what to write about for today! I have ended up choosing a study out of Duke University looking at the effects of…
Food Allergy, the Microbiome and Epigenetics
Last week I wrote about how nitric oxide, a communication molecule naturally produced by our bodies, is also produced by the bacteria of our gut. The molecule attaches to thousands of proteins in our bodies and can turn genes on and off, greatly affecting…
How Do the Microbiota Communicate with Their Host? Scientists Have Cracked the First Mechanism!
I don’t know if you remember but back in December, I wrote about research into how phages (viruses that kill bacteria) can understand the language of bacteria, allowing them to spy on their fellow gut inhabitants, thereby optimizing their own existence. Discoveries into inter-species…
A Treatment for Leaky Gut Around a Corner or Two???
Last week, I posted a story on the Biome Buzz’ Facebook page about how a metabolite from pomegranates and berries has been found to reduce inflammatory bowel disease.[i] Researchers at the University of Louisville discovered that the metabolite, urolithin A (UroA) and a synthetic…
2018: My Top 10 List of Favorite Stories!
My longer-time readers know that, as we close out another year, I like to take a look back at some of my favorite research stories from these past 12 months. So here it is…Judy’s “the best of 2018” top 10 list, in chronological order:…
Leaky Gut and Leaky Brains…and Disease
If you remember, my last post was a quick update on what we currently know about the microbiome-depression link, and I mention leaky gut with a promise to write more about it this week. Toward that end, on Friday evening, I read an article…
More On the Parkinson’s/Gut Bug Connection
This past Thursday I promised you the 2nd big story of last week: We’ve known for a while that Parkinson’s seems to start with an “infection” in the gut. I’ve talked about this several times on this blog. Well, it looks like there is…
When Your Gut Talks, Your Brain Listens or…The REAL Sixth Sense
Two papers just came out, each showing – in different ways – how the gut is directly connected to the brain. My gut feeling is that this is going to be critically important research in the future. We already knew that the gut lining…
Age (and Eat) Like a Queen Bee
I spent several hours over the last couple of days surfing the internet, looking for interesting things to write about. Nothing rocked my boat though until I came across an article about the microbiome of honey bees.[i] Yeah, I know it doesn’t sound all…
