by Brenda Watson | Feb 14, 2017 | Adults, Human Microbiome, Inflammation, Mental Health, Probiotics & Gut Flora, Uncategorized
Here’s a different twist on Valentine’s Day! Your attraction to your sexy mate may have less to do with the clothes he/she wears, the sweet nothings he/she whispers and the chocolates he/she buys for you – and much more to do with his/her particular microbes!...
by lsmith | Feb 18, 2015 | Human Microbiome, Obesity
Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) involves the transfer of fecal material from a healthy donor to the digestive tract of an ill recipient (most commonly, someone with refractory, or difficult to manage, C. difficile diarrhea). Transplanting the gut microbiota...
by Brenda Watson | Feb 16, 2015 | Human Microbiome
Although scientists are hard at work studying the human gut microbiome, the complexity of the task is such that we still know very little about the trillions of microbes that live in and on us—and on whom we are intricately dependent. In a recent article published in...
by lsmith | Nov 12, 2014 | Human Microbiome, Obesity, Sleep
Only over the last century have humans been exposed to such a huge alteration in the sleep-wake cycle that, previously, was dependent only upon the revolution of the earth in relation to the sun. With the advent of lighting and airplanes, the rhythms of daily life...
by Brenda Watson | Nov 3, 2014 | Human Microbiome
On and in your body, at this very moment, are living over 100 trillion microbes working together—hopefully—to help protect you from disease. From person to person, these microbes differ, although certain core sets of bacteria groups tend to be common across all...
