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Gut Microbes Respond Differently to Similar Foods
Foods that look the same on nutrition labels can have vastly different effects on our microbiomes, report researchers in a paper published in the journal ...
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The Endocannabinoid System and the Gut
“The brain and the gut speak the same language” (1) Ethan Russo, MD, Renown Cannabinoid Scientist The endocannabinoid system (ECS) is a network of receptors ...
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Population Study Links Specific Gut Bacteria and Mental Health
You’ve no doubt read the link between gut bacteria and mental health. But do you know which gut bacteria have neuroactive potential? The evidence in ...
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The Gut-Brain Axis: Influence of Microbiota on Mood and Mental Health, with Jeremy Appleton, ND
In this commentary, published in Integrative Medicine, A Clinician’s Journal, by Jeremy Appleton, ND, he explains the gut-brain axis and its bidirectional communication network that ...
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The Role of Nutrition and the Gut-Brain Axis in Psychiatry: A Literature Review
Individuals suffering from psychiatric disorders experience high levels of illness burden and a significantly reduced quality of life. Despite targeted psychopharmacological strategies and complementary psychotherapeutic ...
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Gut Microbiota Feeds Colon Cancer Cells
It’s generally understood that it can take as long as ten years for a colon cancer polyp to develop. But why that polyp develops and ...
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Is Microbiome Composition Defined by Nurture or Nature? The Answer May Surprise You
Is one’s microbiome composition a question of nature vs nurture? Some microbiome researchers suggest that variations in a person’s microbiome begins with differences in our ...
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Bacteriophages: The Next Gut Friendly Antibiotic Replacement
At last week’s Nutrition 2018 conference in Boston, scientists from the Department of Nutrition and Food Studies at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA released ...
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What We Know About Mood and the Microbiome (It’s Not in Your Head), with Jeremy Appleton, ND
In this video from the 2018 Integrative Healthcare Symposium, Jeremy Appleton, ND, outlines the primary mechanisms by which the gut and brain interact. Appleton says this ...
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Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Thyroid Function and Gut Health as Disease Risk Factors
With increasing rates of obesity and diabetes, the associated condition of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become increasingly common, such that it is now ...
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