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Irritable Bowel: SIBO, Dysbiosis and Diet
In 2010, I read a paper in the journal, Nutrition, that really rocked my world: “The concept of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) in relation to functional gastrointestinal disorders.” [i] To summarize one of its many key points: we don’t know how to test…
Constipation, Dysbiosis, Autism and a Prebiotic: A New Clinical Trial
The single most common gastrointestinal (GI) complaint I hear as a nutritionist, by a long way, is constipation…and the single best piece of advice I give my clients is “drink more water.” It never ceases to amaze me how dehydrated most people are. Invariably,…
Food Processing: Another Suspect in the ‘Globesity’ Epidemic?
Last night, I read an article that fit absolutely perfectly into my unintentional but prominent theme of the last couple of weeks: the relationship of the microbiome to weight issues…and to food: “Food Processing, Gut Microbiota and the Globesity Problem.”[i] Yup – we face…
Some Early-Stage, But Promising, Science About the Microbiome and Cancer
Yesterday morning, I posted a story on my Biome Buzz’ Facebook page about 2 new studies that independently showed that there is a distinctive microbiome composition associated with colorectal cancer.[i] One study “…identified a set of 29 species indicative of colorectal cancer across 7…
More on Autism and the Microbiome…and a Clinical Study Using Probiotics
My Monday afternoon was devoted to reading two articles about the microbiome and autism. The first was a chapter from a book on biological markers found in psychiatric and neurodegenerative disease.[i] I’ve chosen what I thought were the top 10 points from this article…
A Probiotic/Colostrum Pilot Study in Autism…Which Likely Has Clinical Implications in Other Inflammatory Illnesses
Yesterday, I read a cool little pilot study[i] out of the University of California, testing the tolerability and efficacy of a probiotic and bovine colostrum on a small group of children with autism. And while the results on this population were interesting, as I’ll…
Have I Ever Mentioned that Diet is Key? or…Introducing Roseburia intestinalis
I was introduced to a new probiotic species this morning that sound like it holds a lot of promise: Roseburia intestinalis. I came across an article[i] on Gut Microbiota for Health describing research into the beneficial effects of butyrate-producing bacteria on atherosclerotic plaques and…
