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A Clinical Protocol to Support the Gut–Lung Axis

Emerging research highlights the Gut–Lung Axis as a critical pathway in regulating both respiratory and systemic immunity. This bidirectional communication is mediated through microbial metabolites such as short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), mucosal immune signaling, and inflammatory cascades. When the gut microbiome becomes imbalanced (dysbiosis), the result is reduced SCFA production,Read

Can Prebiotics Help Brain Health in Aging Adults?

The gut-brain axis communicates through metabolic, neural, immune, and endocrine pathways, which are influenced by the gut microbiota. Prebiotics are foods used by the gut microbiota to improve health. Prebiotics, such as inulin and fructooligosaccharides (FOS), are present in many foods and microbiome-supporting supplements. It’s a relatively inexpensive and easyRead

The Gut–Lung Axis in Respiratory Disease: Mechanisms and New Interventions

Managing chronic pulmonary diseases can be challenging, with factors such as air pollution and COVID-19 compounding the issue. Microbial imbalances in the gut microbiome also contribute to the development of chronic lung diseases through the gut-lung axis. New research supporting modulation of the gut microbiome may offer a solution forRead

Postbiotics – Capturing Microbial Benefits Without Live Microbes

The Leap to Postbiotics – Born of Necessity and Insight Early 2020. COVID-19 brought the world to a standstill, and with it, our fledgling FMT program. Overnight, the idea of transplanting raw stool seemed fraught with new risk – could SARS-CoV-2 be lurking in feces? We lacked reliable tests initially,Read

From Probiotics to Fecal Transplant – A Paradigm Shift (Part 1)

Early Days of Probiotics: Promise and Marketing Hype Modern microbiome science emerged in the 2000s with the realization that trillions of gut microbes form a virtual “organ” influencing health. Early on, probiotics – live bacteria administered for health benefits – were embraced as a simple way to modulate this gutRead

Microbiota & Seasonal Allergies

First introduced in 1989, the “hygiene hypothesis” proposed that exposure to specific microbes, perhaps during crucial windows of development, educates the immune system in a way that modifies the risk for allergic, inflammatory, and autoimmune diseases. Initially, this was proposed in response to the observation that the position of a child inRead

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