THE BIOME BUZZ
BUGS AND WORMS AND OTHER GREAT STUFF
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Two New Papers on Parkinson’s: More Connections to the Microbiome
Two new Parkinson’s disease (PD) studies to report to you, both on the involvement of the gut bacteria. (It amazes me how rapidly the research on this seems to be progressing.) The first was published in the Annals of Neurology by German researchers.[i] They…
A New Gut-Brain Connection: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
I continue to monitor any new research into the connection of the gut biome to “mental illnesses.” My son, Alex, who is diagnosed with autism, suffers from terrible anxiety at times. It’s heart breaking to see. Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is generally considered a…
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…
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…
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…
The Two Sides of Bacteroides fragilis
Back in May, 2018, I wrote about Bacteriodes fragilis (B. fragilis), a species of bacteria some strains of which are toxic, some of which are highly beneficial. The main thrust of that post was about how our immune system, when functioning properly, can recognize…
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…
