"Gut microbes" refers to the tiny organisms such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi that live in our digestive system, specifically in our intestines. These microbes play a crucial role in our overall health by helping with digestion, boosting our immune system, and even influencing our moods.
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Based on these intriguing observations, the researchers set out to identify the factors that influence the composition
of gut microbes during insect development.
The role of specific
gut microbes in shaping body composition remains unclear.
To see what role the body's own immune system played in fighting infection, compared
with gut microbes, the team also studied two strains of mice that have impaired immune systems.
They could have a negative effect
on gut microbes and thus lead to a higher risk of diabetes, researchers say.
They will also continue studying mice to characterize the molecular signaling
between gut microbes and the immune system.
These results could help us to understand
how gut microbes in other organisms may likewise influence behavior in ways we have yet to appreciate.
These same
gut microbes also help manufacture serotonin, which is a building block to melatonin production.
These results are interesting because they indicate that
gut microbes play a significant role in governing brain chemistry and behavior.
Babies who drink breast milk, for example, tend to have
different gut microbes than babies who are given formula.
In another, babies without certain
gut microbes at just one month of age had a three times higher risk of developing allergic reactions by age 2 and asthma by age 4!
The microbes in your intestinal system are abundant, with scientists estimating that the average person has between 15,000 and 30,000 species of gut bacteria, fungi and
other gut microbes.
That's because many aspects of modern life are hostile to the
good gut microbes, and even encourage the growth of the bad ones.
And because it's seaweed, it gives your baby a unique source of fiber which ultimately helps to feed and diversify your little one's
wee gut microbes.
Why do vegans automatically have
excellent gut microbes, even if they don't eat yogurt or swallow probiotic capsules?
Another important strategy for fighting reflux naturally is to eat food that increases the population of
healthful gut microbes.
I would like to suggest that your next article include information on the impact of intermittent fasting
on gut microbes.
What current research shows is a more diverse population
of gut microbes is better.
She had predicted that
gut microbes in only the bullied hamsters would change.
Their results, they say, suggest a role
for gut microbes and further shore up the connection between cheese and the French paradox.
Since the 1990s, scientists have been studying
how gut microbes affect different diseases like psoriasis.
However, recent studies suggest that
gut microbes play another crucial role in the human body by regulating circulating estrogen levels.
Beyond probiotics, make sure your little one eats plenty of fiber - rich foods that
feed gut microbes, like fruit and veggies.
«Proteins secreted by
beneficial gut microbes shown to inhibit salmonella, invasive E. coli: Study finds that microcins help block illness - causing bacteria in inflamed intestines.»
Eggs, beef, pork and fish are the primary sources of carnitine and choline — compounds that are converted
by gut microbes into trimethylamine, which is then processed by the liver and released into the circulation as TMAO.
High - fiber diet
keeps gut microbes from eating the colon's lining, protects against infection, animal study shows,
Now it seems that increasing levels of one type of
human gut microbe can help people shed excess weight.
A study is currently underway to monitor «how certain
gut microbes influenced the brain, functioning, in effect, as psychiatric drugs.»
In fact, most probiotic supplements only contain enough probiotics to maintain an already healthy gut, not to restore
gut microbe balance.
Many studies in mouse models, and more recent research among human populations as well, have correlated differences in
gut microbe populations with risks of developing the autoimmune condition.
Of special note today: gut microbiota species expressing orthologs of human Ro60 might be involved in triggering and sustaining chronic autoimmunity in lupus; The portal vein blood microbiome in patients with liver cirrhosis; A randomized clinical study suggests dietary promotion of short chain fatty acid producing
gut microbes as an effective treatment for type 2 diabetes; and the sexual dimorphism of root, flower and leaf microbiomes in the wild strawberry plant
Beneficial
gut microbes including Bifidobacterium and lactic acid bacteria «feasted» on chocolate, creating anti-inflammatory compounds that may reduce inflammation of cardiovascular tissue.
In the new study, Elinav and his team set out to determine
whether gut microbes could be the missing link.
When the researchers
transferred gut microbes from the twins into mice predisposed to develop a disease similar to MS, they found that after 12 weeks, three times as many mice receiving bacteria from MS patients developed brain inflammation as those receiving microbes from healthy donors.
Conventional wisdom holds that herbivores, such as cows,
need gut microbes to break down the fibres in plant cell walls.
Since
gut microbes help with food breakdown, perhaps different species have evolved different microbiomes to reduce competition and promote co-existence.
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