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Your Annual New Year’s Resolution Reminder: Eat a Healthy Diet
Since eating a healthy diet is the most important factor in maintaining a healthy and happy inner biome, I thought I’d catch you up on some of the latest papers out there. I spotted another “most popular medical stories of 2018” article on Medical…
D-lactate Acidosis, SIBO, Autism, Chronic Fatigue or…What Happens When Judy Can’t Stop Reading
Because I know how to have fun, I have spent hours and hours over the last 2 days reading about d- lactate acidosis. I’m not even sure why. It was one of those things, I guess, that suddenly struck me as interesting – and…
Age (and Eat) Like a Queen Bee
I spent several hours over the last couple of days surfing the internet, looking for interesting things to write about. Nothing rocked my boat though until I came across an article about the microbiome of honey bees.[i] Yeah, I know it doesn’t sound all…
Omega 3s – The Controversy…or Another Judy Rant
I’m back raving and ranting about bad science writing. (And here, you thought I’d said my piece a few weeks ago, when I carried on about fake news in science!) Sorry. I need an outlet to vent, and this is it. Lucky you. A…
Eating Fiber During Pregnancy…Likely a Really Good Idea
Ok, on Tuesday I promised you a markedly less depressing post next time. So here goes! (And please note irresistibly cute, happy photo of little piglets included…) A funny little coincidence this morning…. (But first, a quick primer on fiber, which I talk about…
Healthy Aging and the Microbiome
I really liked this summary article on Medical Net about the bacterial microbiome through the aging process.[i] It is certainly worth a post, as all of us are getting older every day! 🙂 Highlights: Multiple factors can lead to dysbiosis as we age: Poor…
More Great Diet Research…or…Eat More Fiber
According to the CDC, more than 29 million Americans have type 2 diabetes. Another 86 million American adults (more than 1/3 of the population) have pre-diabetes, and within 5 years, up to 30% of these will develop it.[i] The numbers are equally grim in…
A Healthy Microbiome is Possible for Everyone
More great microbiome research[i] out of Israel’s Weizman Institute of Science. (I wrote about some of their work in my last blog post, earlier this week.) In this case, researchers were attempting to ascertain how much our genes affect the constituents of our bacterial…
Personalized Nutrition: The Future Has Arrived
I found such an interesting article[i] yesterday in the Wall Street Journal about new companies that offer microbiome testing in order to help optimize the diet. I’ve never had any doubt that this was the wave of the future (and in fact have posted…
