Tag: gut
How ‘experts’ get SIBO wrong
Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO), where an excess of bacteria and yeasts inhabit the small intestine, is far more common than people think and...
Gut bacteria and diverticulitis
Diverticulitis is common in 50 percent of adults over 60; it’s a poorly understood disease but it seems anti-inflammatory compounds from friendly gut bacteria...
How E coli worsens Crohn’s
Research shows a variant of E. coli worsens Crohn's; localised inflammation in the gut wall produces metabolites that feed and nourish the variant, dubbed...
Lactobacillus strains improve Covid symptoms
People who have Covid-19 and are either in the early stage of infection or who have ‘long Covid’, improve Covid symptoms by taking a...
Baby’s gut bacteria and breast feeding duration predict future obesity
A higher per cent of Bifidobacteria and a lower per cent of Prevotella in baby’s microbiota are associated with a lower BMI and lower...
Antibiotic use linked to Parkinson’s disease
A higher exposure to common oral antibiotics was linked to a higher risk of Parkinson’s disease some 15 years later, according to research from...
Lung microbiome dysbiosis in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Increasing severity of COPD is associated with a greater inflammatory response, in part coming from the use of corticosteroids and in greater part coming...
The Human virome and its importance to health
Our virome has 380 trillion members and prompts our immune system and constantly changes the balance and strength of our microbiome; this can even...
Could L-tyrosine and PCS prevent an asthma attack?
A common amino acid, L-tyrosine, is the precursor to a compound PCS in the body which seems to control inflammation in the lungs, that...
Fecal Transplants more effective with C. difficile
NICE have confirmed that Clostridium difficile infections, the result of antibiotic use in hospitals, are more effectively treated by Fecal Microbiome Transplants than more...
Sugar increase risk of colitis
Glucose, fructose and sucrose sugars can damage the lining of the gut and lead to Inflammatory Bowel Diseases such as colitis, according to UT...
Butyrate significantly improves your health
Butyrate is a Short Chain Fatty Acid made by certain gut bacteria from fermentable fibre; it is essential both for good gut health and...
