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Why do we need dietary fiber?

Why do we need dietary fiber?

Dietary fiber is an essential component of a healthful diet, with research linking a high fiber diet with reduced risks of many health conditions, including cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and certain cancers.

medicalnewstoday.com, July 14, 2022

How Probiotics Can Help Your Yeast Infection

A yeast infection is caused by the overgrowth of a yeast called Candida. Candida is a normal part of the vaginal microbiome, a collection of microorganisms in the vagina. Bacteria keeps yeast in check. When this balance gets thrown off, a yeast infection

The probiotic strains Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus (LGR-1) and Lactobacillus reuteri (LRC-14) have been shown to inhibit the growth of Candida glabrata, a strain of Candida that can cause yeast infections.

Julia Knox, April 14, 2022

The Most Common Gastrointestinal Diseases

There are several different types of GI diseases that can affect the health of your digestive tract and how well your body digests food. The two main types of GI disease—functional and structural—are different, but can present with similar symptoms.

For the most part, most GI diseases are manageable, though they can present with debilitating symptoms and a lower quality of life.

Angelica Bottaro, April 06, 2022

The Microbiome as a Therapy in Pouchitis and Ulcerative Colitis

The gut microbiome has been implicated in a range of diseases and there is a rapidly growing understanding of this ecosystem’s importance in inflammatory bowel disease. We are yet to identify a single microbe that causes either ulcerative colitis (UC) or pouchitis, however, reduced microbiome diversity is increasingly recognised in active UC.

Jean-Frédéric LeBlanc, Jonatha, February 17, 2022

5 Foods that Fight Fatigue and Fill You with Energy

5 Foods that Fight Fatigue and Fill You with Energy

With the high demands of work and family, many adults experience fatigue as a result of stress and poor eating habits.

Christina, August 12, 2021

Importance of Dietary Changes During the Coronavirus Pandemic: How to Upgrade Your Immune Response

Importance of Dietary Changes During the Coronavirus Pandemic: How to Upgrade Your Immune Response

The new coronavirus pandemic continues to spread causing further public health, social, and economic issues. The disparities in the rates of death between countries poses questions about the importance of lifestyle habits and the immune status of populations. An exploration of dietary habits and COVID-19-related death might unravel associations between these two variables.

Ali Chaari, Ghizlane Bendriss, D, March 04, 2021

Few Secrets to Whiten Your Teeth Naturally Teeth Whitening, Whiten Your Teeth

Girish Bharadwaj, March 01, 2021

Dysbiosis in the ICU: Microbiome science coming to the bedside

Authors: Georgios D Kitsios, MD, PhD, Michael J Morowitz, MD, Robert P Dickson, MD, Gary B. Huffnagle, PhD, Bryan J McVerry, MD, and Alison Morris, MD, MS,

The advent of molecular, culture-independent techniques to study micro-organisms revealed that the human host harbors approximately 40 trillion microbes, including bacteria and their phages, viruses, fungi and archaea.

Georgios D Kitsios, MD, PhD, February 18, 2021

Potential beneficial role of probiotics on the outcome of COVID-19 patients: An evolving perspective

Authors: Luigi Santacroce Francesco Inchingolo, Skender Topi, Raffaele Del Prete, Michele Di Cosola, Ioannis Alexandros Charitos, and Monica Montagnani

, January 28, 2021

Optimise your immunity with the right foods

What should you be eating more of to ensure that you have the tools to fight this and other viruses?

All Woman, October 15, 2020