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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…
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. …
Bile Acids, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, and the Microbiome: A Rapidly Developing Story
Back in January, I wrote about how bile acids are regulators of inflammation and thus, when dysregulated (either too high or too low), this dysregulation can lead to disease. Bile is produced by the liver and excreted into the intestines to digest fat. Gut…
Your Personality and Your Gut Bacteria: Mirror Reflections?
I posted the news last week on the Biome Buzz’ Facebook page, about research out of Oxford University in the UK[i] which connected personality type to specific microbiome patterns. The story has gotten huge coverage in the world of the biome, so I reckon…
The Promise of Helminths for Multiple Sclerosis
Today I get to write about something other than the bacterial microbiome! Woopa! I was very happy to find a new paper on the possibilities of using helminths (helminth immunotherapy (HIT), as these authors call it) to prevent and alleviate multiple sclerosis (MS).[i] …
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: …
