After thawing several of the specimens, the team studied the bacteria's behavior and its genome. They found that it truly was different from others like it in the gut. In addition toantibiotic resistance, it was also able to generate toxins and tolerate acidic pH levels. The bacteria had ga...
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For the health of the gut microbiota, short fasting (Time restricted feeding) seems to be OK. But there’s no clear evidence for prolonged fasting. It is not necessary to do a cleanse or fast prior to an attempt to repopulate the gut microbiome. We don’t need to flush out all our m...
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...
Gut bacteria, food dyes, medications and rare genetic disorders can cause your pee to turn green or blue. If this continues, see a doctor as a precaution. If your pee is occasionally red or pink in hue, it could be because you ate blueberries, rhubarb or beets. If you haven’t eaten...
Some kinds of gut bacteria may be part of the link cholesterol has to heart disease. When you eat foods like red meat or eggs, those bacteria make a chemical that your liver turns into something called TMAO (trimethylamine-N-oxide). TMAO may help cholesterol build up in your blood vessels...
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
First up, we know that antibiotics wipe out good and bad bacteria alike, but until now we didn’t realise just how intense those effects were. Now researchers have uncovered how many species of bacteria in our guts are killed off by antibiotics - and the truth of how long those impacts ...
Kefirmade from raw milk is especially beneficial for health as it has been fermented and hasprobioticsthatcan help boost the good bacteriain your gut topromote better digestionandenhance immunity. Try adding milk or kefir to your next breakfast smoothie to pump up the nutrient profile and start ...
One of medicine's greatest innovations in the 20th century was the development of antibiotics. It transformed our ability to combat disease. But medicine in the 21st century is rethinking its relationship with bacteria and concluding that, far from being