THE BIOME BUZZ
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Since Things Already Stink in This COVID-Ridden World, We Might as Well Talk Gas
I posted this story up on Facebook a few weeks ago, but have decided – since the issue is so endemic – it’s worth a blog post, for those of you who missed it. When I was working as a nutritionist, the single most…
The Maternal Microbiome and Risk for Food Allergy in Babies
The big (biome) buzz of the last couple of weeks: research just published out of Australia shows that the presence of a certain species of gut bacteria, Prevotella copri, in pregnant women protects babies from developing food allergies – at least within their first…
Multiple Sclerosis and Propionic Acid: A Potential Treatment?
I’ve illustrated this post with a picture of Janus, the Roman god of, among other things, duality. Every time I read about short chain fatty acids (SCFAs), I think of him. Over the years, I’ve written about the benefits of SCFAs many times. (Here’s…
Gut Bacteria and Diabetes: Progress on Several Fronts
Several new studies have recently been published examining the relationship between gut bacteria and diabetes. With one in ten people in the United States suffering from diabetes (which doesn’t include those with metabolic syndrome/insulin resistance, which would greatly inflate that number), we desperately need…
A Metabolite Direct Link Between the Gut and the Brain: Think Autism, Parkinson’s, etc….
Today’s post describes what may be a critical finding in defining at least one mechanism whereby gut microbes directly affect the brain. Those interested in developmental disorders, like autism; Parkinson’s; Alzheimer’s; chronic fatigue; etc. should pay particular attention as, according this article, this information…
Response to Prebiotics Depends on Your Existing Gut Bacteria
This is a small, but I thought really interesting, study and I guess I’m not alone in finding it significant: it was published in a premier medical journal, Gut.[i] It’s a great illustration of the complexity of gut biome optimization because of the individuality…
Inflammatory Arthritis and the Gut
I’ve been keeping an eye out for anything new and interesting in the realm of the biome and arthritis – any kind of arthritis. Following are some highlights from a recent article on the two way communication between the gut immune system and the…
Parkison’s and the Gut: An Update
I haven’t given you a Parkinson’s-and-the-biome update in several months now, and as yesterday I read a great review of the current status of our knowledge on the connection between the two, I figured it was time.[i] I am sure that most of you…
Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders: Are Helminths a Solution?
According to the CDC, about 10% of the United States’ population now has diabetes, and 90-95% of those have type 2.[i] That is tens of millions of people in this country alone, let alone world-wide. I need you to be sitting when I tell…
Inflammatory Bowel Disease, the Microbiome and…(ahhhh!) Mango
My regular readers know that I am always on the lookout for “things you can do now,” and that I get very excited when I find something that actually makes sense, even if it’s not entirely proven or the mechanism of action fully understood. …
