You get your gut microbiome at birth, and the world around you affects it as you grow up. It’s also influenced by what you eat. That’s why it can be different depending on where you live -- and why you may be able to tilt the balance a bit. 11/ 16 Probiotics Probiotics are l...
Wondering, “How can I improve my oral microbiome?” Here are steps you can take to help improve the health of your second largest microbiome: 1. Practice Smart Oral Hygiene While cleaning the inside of the mouthtoo muchcan actually contribute to problems, proper “interdental cleansing”— whi...
If the genes in your microbiome influence low stress and a positive outlook, the effect on your mood is likely to be positive. But if the genes in your microbe-flourishing gut arefavorable to high stress and melancholy, the impact on your outlook is likely to push you into a rut of stre...
The human body has several distinct microbiomes—on the skin, in the mouth and in our airways—but the most consequential one for health is in the digestive system, commonly called thegut microbiome. The millions of microbes in the large intestine constantly exchange chemical signals with the bo...
Do you know what's in your "microbiome?" CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook is here to help you find out. He spoke with microbiome researcher Dr. Ilseung Cho, assistant professor of medicine and associate program director of the division of gastroenterology at the NYU School...
How does the gut microbiome affect our health? One of the most important ways the microbiome affects health is through its influence on our immune system. "What happens is, from birth onto death, our microbiome actually helps to shape our immune system," Ravella said. "This is important bec...
Eating for 10 Trillion: How Diet Affects the GI MicrobiomeKristen Schepker
we'll discover how plastic is taking slash has taken over the entire planet. We'll talk about how our microbiome has small communities of bacteria forming right on plastic pieces right around there, moving around the ocean, getting eaten, getting shed out by other organisms, including us, and...
The building blocks of life-long health are the subject of a cutting-edge review examining how a newborn's lung microbiome affects the immune system for years to come. An interdisciplinary team brings together pediatricians, immunologists and experts in microbiota andsystems biologyto review and dis...
Stress not only affects our body physically but also affects our emotions and behaviors, says Dr. Ross. “From the moment you feel emotionally stressed, your body has a series of hormonal changes that create physical reactions,” she adds. ...