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2019: A Top Post Roundup
As promised, I am writing my annual review of top stories from the previous year but this time, I’m not picking my favorites, I’m picking yours. I thought it would be fun to see which of my posts got the top views for the…
Alterations in the Bacterial Microbiome Associated with Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Larger and Confirming Study
My long time readers know that at this time of year, I typically review my favorite stories from the prior year but I was so darn busy this holiday season, I simply did not have the time this past week. I will try to…
Another Promising Treatment for Leaky Gut?
Researchers at Wake Forest School of Medicine (in North Carolina), have discovered that using inactivated (dead via the application of heat) Lactobacillus paracasei (derived from humans) appears to have a remarkably beneficial effect in an animal model of leaky gut, thereby reducing inflammation.[i] In…
Helminths and the Microbiome: An Anti-Inflammatory Partnership
It isn’t often that I find new research on helminths and equally rare to find one on the interactions of the various species of resident in the gut, so I was particularly pleased to find an actual human clinical study looking at how the…
Another Means of Manipulating the Gut Bacteria to Prevent MS?
Today’s a post is a shout-out to all you fans of Akkermansia muciniphila, which I’ve focused on in several posts in the past. (For example, here and here, among others.) There were some pretty wild and amazing findings in a recent study out of…
Parkinson’s, Fecal Transplant, Probiotics, Prebiotics…No Answers Yet
Yesterday morning, I got a comment on the Biome Buzz’ Facebook page, in response to last week’s post on the microbiome and the basal ganglia, that said, “Could you put it more simply and tell us what to do about it? This is Facebook…
The Microbiome and the Basal Ganglia in …The Case of the Leaky Gut?
I recently read an article looking at the effects of bacterial microbiome alterations on particular circuits in the brain (the thalamo-cortico-basal ganglia) that are associated with compulsive behavior, addiction, altered sensations and motor output.[i] What struck me is how closely related seemingly unrelated disorders…
Histamine Intolerance and the Altered Micobiome
A week or so ago, a reader wrote to me asking if I had ever heard of an intolerance to fermented foods. Indeed I had: histamine intolerance. I have worked with a very few nutrition clients over the years who have suffered from this…
Insomnia? Your Gut Bacteria May Be to Blame
And now for a subject I hate even thinking about: sleep. Unlike most people, I dread going to sleep at night. I’m a terrible sleeper: I wake up over and over, sometimes falling back to sleep quickly, but all too often, not. I can’t…
The Bacterial Microbiome and Non-Native Fiber: A Halloween Tale
Today is Halloween here in the United States, so I figure it’s the perfect day for a super scary post about fiber. Not kidding. This has me terrified. Dr. Liping Zhao is a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology at Rutgers University…
