You have many bacteria in your body. In fact, you have more of them than you have cells. Most are good for you. The ones found in your gut not only help you digest foods, they work all over your body and can be good for your physical and mental health. 2/ 16 Gut Microbiome This...
Wider understanding How the bacteria in your gut may be shaping your waistline Sep 14th 2013 | NEW YORK |From the print edition A CALORIE is a calorie. Eat too many and spend too few, and you will become obese and sickly. This is the conventional wisdom. But increasingly, it looks too...
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First, the number of bacteria in your gut is vast—50 trillion or so, which equals about one for every human cell in our bodies. The makeup of this bacterial collection, or microbiome, is affected by many things, including diet, exercise and cultural influences. Those bacteria interact with...
The nerve signals, hormones and bacteria in the gut are all responsible for sending communications from the ENS to the rest of the nervous system, and any disruption can send your body into a tailspin of declining health. With the average diet today consisting of loads of sugar, carbs, proc...
But how does the microbiome affect our health and well-being? Studies are beginning to demonstrate that bacteria in the gut are involved in many bodily processes and areas of health and disease -- everything from weight control and ulcers to rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, and even heart disease...
The adage 'all things in moderation' applies not to just to food and drink, but also to the legions of bacteria inside our guts helping us digest that food and drink. It turns out the rule may also extend to the lesser understood bacteriophages, which ar
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New research reveals a cellular mechanism by which good bacteria can help the gut stay healthy. The study, which appears in the journal Immunity, shows that good bacteria, or the microbiota, interact with both the epithelial cells lining the gut and cell
The bacteria in your body can get off balance. This can be caused by the intake of antibiotics. This is because antibiotics don’t just destroy bad bacteria, they can also destroy good bacteria.