Your kitchen floor is about twice as clean as your refrigerator handle and countertops. In fact, your wallet and cell phone harbor a whole lot more bacteria than your toilet seat. Should we frantically begin cleaning our refrigerator handles, wallets and cell phones? Probably not! Exposing ourselves to a diverse array of bacteria on a […]
1. Gut bacteria may cause migraine headaches, a recent study suggests. Those who possess higher levels of nitrate-processing gut bacteria may experience migraines when nitrates in food are broken down at an expedited rate, causing dilation in blood vessels in the brain and scalp. This may also explain why some foods trigger the onset of […]
Curcumin significantly improves endothelial function in healthy individuals, suggesting that oral curcumin supplementation could be meaningful in preventing cardiovascular disease – not to mention its significant effects on reducing inflammation and oxidative stress, and improving cognitive function and mood. Consuming dietary turmeric is helpful, but taking a curcumin supplement may help you achieve these meaningful […]
1. Eating dirt is integral to our microbial health. As our agriculture practices and daily lives become more sterile, soil-based microbes or SBOs are harder to come by. Find out how to ensure exposure to these important microbes in your everyday life. Daily Telegraph 2. For the first time, scientists discover that fungus plays […]
1.Grounding, or earthing, (direct skin contact with the surface of the earth) proves to be an effective method in reducing inflammation and preventing and treating autoimmune disease. Yet another reason to follow Dr. Chutkan’s Live Dirty plan! Journal of Inflammation Research 2. Colonic transit time is positively correlated with gut bacteria diversity (a marker of […]
Brush your teeth to prevent bowel cancer. Mouth bacteria (including Fusobacteria, a bug rarely found in the guts of healthy individuals and known to worsen ulcerative colitis) can make pre-cancerous bowel growths turn cancerous and existing tumors increase in size. Daily Mail Scientists believe that dysbiosis (imbalanced gut bacteria) is a main driver of […]
Gut bacteria affect heart health and could explain why what we eat impacts our cardiovascular functioning. Imbalanced gut bacteria and their interactions with the foods we eat can encourage artery damage, inflammation, narrowing, and blockage. Supporting the link between gut bacteria, diet, and heart health, scientists also found that premature babies fed breast milk […]
You may have heard that diet, not exercise, is the key to weight loss. While studies support this hypothesis, does this mean exercise is worthless? Not exactly! A 2015 meta-analysis looked at a vast number of studies that assessed the effects of exercise on chronic disease outcomes and found that exercise, is in essence, a […]
Pineapple enzymes (bromelain) prevent the growth of harmful bacteria in the gut and could act as a replacement for antibiotic therapy. The enzymes make it difficult for bacteria to adhere to gut cells, preventing the bacteria (and later infection) from taking root. Sydney Morning Herald Fasting (17 hours daily) significantly increases gut bacteria […]
Your hometown climate could help determine whether you have a microbiome associated with obesity or leanness. In mice, a gut microbiome adapted to a cold climate (~53 degrees Fahrenheit) undergoes changes that help protect the host against obesity, improving energy metabolism. Cell Metabolism Tonsillectomy is linked to Crohn’s disease. But frequent antibiotic use, which […]