Is intermittent fasting more than just a way to cut caloric intake? A new study puts it to a long-term, randomized test.
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A new study finds that a common food additive, ubiquitous in processed foods, changes the microbiome and the gut of healthy people
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Spouses usually don’t share genetic makeup– they’re customarily not related to us – but their health characteristics may predict ours. What's the mechanism of that contagion?
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Eating a whole foods plant centered diet promotes health in countless ways and plants’ secrets are slowly revealed – it probably also improves outcomes through a more diverse and beneficial microbiome.
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A famous actor’s death is a stark reminder of colon cancer’s rising rates among younger people; lifestyle choices can reduce that risk
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There are hints from research that intermittent fasting is actually more than just a trick for consuming fewer calories; might microbiome changes explain these benefits?
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Does our inner microbial world help explain the Covid-19 symptom disparity?
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Plants, just like us humans, are teeming with bacteria, fungi and viruses that support and interact with them, and organic food may have superior and more diverse microbiome.
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Recent studies find that the state of the inhabitants of our gut may affect our immune system, our weight status, our susceptibility to disease, our energy levels, our mental state and our mood.
But how does one get the kind of microbial society that’s most conducive to wellness?
New research helps explain why diet soda hasn’t yielded the expected weight loss. Even if we can’t be sure that diet soda directly causes obesity and metabolic syndrome, it’s fair to say thi experiment isn’t going too well.
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Your digestion will rock, you skin will glow, your inner Zen will take over.
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There are mysterious clocks inside our brain, and in every cell in our body, and those regulate not only sleep and wakefulness, but also hormones and metabolic pathways.
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