However, the strongest determinant of
gut microbial health and diversity is your diet, especially your fiber intake.
Bottom Line: Fiber intake is very important to
gut microbial health.
Not exact matches
Switching from sugar to chemical sweeteners like aspartame or sucralose will not have the same benefit as these sweeteners have quite a destructive effect on the
health of our
gut microbiome and will likely contribute to unwanted
microbial growth.
Recent findings show that the mother's
gut microbiota has an important impact upon the
microbial composition of the milk and its
health supporting qualities.
With the
gut microbiota now being linked to so many different
health conditions, there is a growing interest in
microbial therapies that look to alter the balance of microbes to improve
health.
In this latest advance reported in PNAS, the Wyss team showed that the human
gut - on - a-chip's unique ability to co-culture intestinal cells with living microbes from the normal
gut microbiome for an extended period of time, up to two weeks, could allow breakthrough insights into how the
microbial communities that flourish inside our GI tracts contribute to human
health and disease.
The finding provides the first direct proof that microbes that leave the
gut and travel to the rest of the body — a process called
microbial translocation — is the mechanism that triggers these
health complication in people with HIV.
They conclude: «We provide here tangible evidence of the impact of a healthy diet and a Mediterranean dietary pattern on
gut microbiota and on the beneficial regulation of
microbial metabolism towards
health maintenance in the host.»
In addition to illustrating the experimental role of a sucralose - maltodextrin based artificial sweetener in promoting intestinal dysbiosis [a
microbial imbalance] and myeloperoxidase activity, the studies indicate that it might be possible to measure Proteobacteria and myeloperoxidase as simultaneous fecal biomarkers in patients to monitor their
gut (disease /
health) adjustment to their diets.
The findings illuminate the specialized roles played by key members of the vast
microbial community living in the human
gut, and could inform the development of tailored microbiota transplants to improve intestinal
health after antibiotic use or illness.
The researchers aim to integrate three different approaches: metabolomics, proteomics and the study of the
gut microbial community, said Lampe, a cancer prevention researcher who is a member of Fred Hutch's Public
Health Sciences Division.
Our
gut is home to 100 trillion
microbial cells, and scientists and doctors have found that these bacteria are directly linked to our
health.
Due to the
microbial aspect of birth, the conversation then turns toward the microbiome and
gut health.
how to maximize beneficial
microbial species that boost
gut health (and minimize the problematic ones)
Meanwhile studies into the impacts of
microbial gut health and epigenetics are taking our ability to improve our chances of having children through «natural» methods to a whole new level.
But we're starting to see a lot of studies that are tying good digestive balance and
microbial gut health to everything from better skin to what's been called a brain -
gut connection.
polyphenols maintain
gut health and promote its
microbial balance by stimulating the growth of friendly bacteria (such as Proteobacteria, Fusobacteria, Firmicutes, and Bacteroidetes) and suppressing pathogenic bacteria.
There is a substantial body of evidence that shows polyphenols maintain
gut health and promote its
microbial balance by stimulating the growth of friendly bacteria (such as Proteobacteria, Fusobacteria, Firmicutes, and Bacteroidetes) and suppressing pathogenic bacteria.
Switching from sugar to chemical sweeteners like aspartame or sucralose will not have the same benefit as these sweeteners have quite a destructive effect on the
health of our
gut microbiome and will likely contribute to unwanted
microbial growth.