ThinkBiome

06/11/2021

If oxalate is a favored food for these types of microbes, might they expand their population whenever oxalate is increased?

06/03/2021

Should you take the viral "Blue P**p Challenge?" Learn about what bowel transit time means for your gut health.

06/01/2021

"Varying immune response to vaccinations could be countered with microbiota-targeted interventions helping infants, older people and others to take full advantage of the benefits of effective vaccines, Australian and US experts say."

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20210529/Composition-and-function-of-gut-microbiota-are-key-in-affecting-immune-responses-to-vaccinations.aspx

Varying immune response to vaccinations could be countered with microbiota-targeted interventions helping infants, older people and others to take full advantage of the benefits of effective vaccines, Australian and US experts say.

05/24/2021

The role of microorganisms in causing and sustaining cancers has been in dispute for centuries. Through the lens of gut- and tumor-associated microbes, Sepich-Poore et al. review our current understanding of the microbiota in cancer, building a “microbially conscious” framework. The authors argu...

05/20/2021

Pea flour helps malnourished children regain weight and restores gut bugs

https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/221494/pea-flour-helps-malnourished-children-regain/

Adding pea flour to feeds for severely malnourished children helps them gain weight and restores the balance of microbes in their gut.

05/19/2021

Diet rich in sugar, fat damages immune cells in digestive tracts of mice

05/17/2021

Methods capable of maintaining gut microbiota homeostasis to prevent bacterial translocation and infection under external threats are critical for multiple facets of human health but have been rarely reported. Here, we describe the elicitation of mucosal immunity to modulate the gut microbiota by or...

05/13/2021

Piles of ancient p**p reveal ‘extinction event’ in human gut bacteria
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/05/piles-ancient-p**p-reveal-extinction-event-human-gut-bacteria

First DNA from paleofeces show people 1000 years ago in U.S., Mexico had much more diverse gut microbes

05/11/2021

"According to new research, understanding ancient oral microbe communities can help modern-day scientists better understand major events in human evolution and even treat health conditions in the future."

Mineralized dental plaque preserved ancient microbial information, new research reveals.

05/06/2021

Months of exuberant hand-sanitizing and social isolation during the pandemic have changed our exposure to microbes, in ways good and bad.

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/04/the-pandemic-changed-our-microbiome-but-thats-okay/618760/

Months of exuberant hand-sanitizing and social isolation during the pandemic have changed our exposure to microbes, in ways good and bad.

05/05/2021

Postbiotics finally get an official definition!
https://rdcu.be/cj1UU

Postbiotics are emerging substances prepared from inactivated microorganisms, in contrast to probiotics, which must be administered alive. This Consensus Statement outlines a definition for the term ‘postbiotics’ as determined by an expert panel convened by the International Scientific Associati...

05/04/2021

Restructuring the Gut Microbiota by Intermittent Fasting Lowers Blood Pressure

Rationale: In recent years, it has been demonstrated that a pathological change in the gut microbiota, termed gut dysbiosis, can be an underlying factor for the development of hypertension. Preventio

05/03/2021

Long-term dietary patterns are associated with pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory features of the gut microbiome

Objective The microbiome directly affects the balance of pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory responses in the gut. As microbes thrive on dietary substrates, the question arises whether we can nourish an anti-inflammatory gut ecosystem. We aim to unravel interactions between diet, gut microbiota a...

04/27/2021

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) remains one of the most common gastrointestinal disorders seen by clinicians in both primary and secondary care. Since publication of the last British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) guideline in 2007, substantial advances have been made in understanding its complex....

04/26/2021

In lockdown, our daily routine went down the plughole – but science suggests we could have been getting it wrong all along

04/22/2021

Diet, disease, and the microbiome
https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/diet-disease-and-the-microbiome-2021042122400?utm_content=buffer0f952&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=buffer

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04/20/2021

Lab mice who had lactose removed from their diets had a decreased risk of infection with the Enterococcus bacterium.

04/15/2021

Worldwide obesity is a public health concern that has reached pandemic levels. Obesity is the major predisposing factor to comorbidities, including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, dyslipidemia, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. The common forms of obesity are multifactorial and derive...

04/14/2021

People whose gut bacteria transformed over the decades tended to be healthier and live longer.

04/12/2021

Read about a new study, which is the largest to date on the topic, that found close to 90 percent of newborns are born with deficiencies when it comes to good bacteria in their gut.

04/02/2021

A Triple Threat? The Role of Diet, Nutrition, and the Microbiota in T1D Pathogenesis
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2021.600756/full

In recent years the role of the intestinal microbiota in health and disease has come to the forefront of medical research. Alterations in the intestinal microbiota and several of its features have been linked to numerous diseases, including type 1 diabetes (T1D). To date, studies in animal models of...

04/01/2021

New research shows how drinking sugary beverages early in life may lead to impaired memory in adulthood. The study, published today in Translational Psychiatry, also is the first to show how a specific change to the gut microbiome -- the bacteria and other microorganisms growing in the stomach and i...

03/31/2021

Macronutrient metabolism by the human gut microbiome: major fermentation by-products and their impact on host health
https://rdcu.be/chQHU

The human gut microbiome is a critical component of digestion, breaking down complex carbohydrates, proteins, and to a lesser extent fats that reach the lower gastrointestinal tract. This process results in a multitude of microbial metabolites that can act both locally and systemically (after being....

03/30/2021

Diet and gut microbiome interactions of relevance for symptoms in irritable bowel syndrome

https://rdcu.be/chMbM

Background While several studies have documented associations between dietary habits and microbiota composition and function in healthy individuals, no study explored these associations in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and especially with symptoms. Methods Here, we used a novel appro...

03/23/2021

To address how the microbiome might modify the interaction between diet and cardiometabolic health, we analyzed longitudinal microbiome data from 307 male participants in the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study, together with long-term dietary information and measurements of biomarkers of glucose h...

03/22/2021

Another step forward in sorting out the Parkinson’s disease (PD)/microbiome connection. Researchers at the Quadram Institute in the UK conducted a meta-analysis of the gut microbiome in those with…

03/18/2021

How we cook food impacts the gut microbiome.

The antioxidant capacity of foods is essential to complement the body’s own endogenous antioxidant systems. The main antioxidant foods in the regular diet are those of plant origin. Although every kind of food has a different antioxidant capacity, thermal processing or cooking methods also pla...

03/17/2021

Bacteria in Patients’ Guts Show Changes That May Weigh on Disease

https://parkinsonsnewstoday.com/2021/03/15/parkinsons-microbiome-gut-bacteria-differs-may-affect-disease/

People with Parkinson's disease have substantial changes in the bacteria living in their gut relative to people without this neurodegenerative disorder, an analysis underscores. "This dysbiosis [microbial imbalance] might result in a pro-inflammatory status which could be linked to the recurrent...