A daily dose of multi-strain probiotics could help improve intestinal health even in healthy people, according to new research conducted in the Netherlands. Dutch and Swiss researchers investigated the effects of multispecies probiotic formulation on gut health and...
Illness and psychological disorders may result from bad gut bacteria. Your gastrointestinal or ‘GI’ tract is your body’s engine. In fact it’s sometimes referred to as the ‘second brain.’ It’s about a thirty-foot engine that begins with your mouth and ends with your...
Probiotics provided via yogurt and supplements appear to lower blood pressure, according to research from Australia. The research was a summary review of nine earlier studies on the blood pressure benefits of probiotics. The blood pressure-lowering effect from...
Autoimmune disease is an illness that occurs when the body tissues are attacked by its own immune system. Diagnosing them has proven difficult. Individuals seeking help on average see six different doctors before being diagnosed properly, and 45% of them get labeled...
There are polarizing stances on flu shots, yet the threat of illness still remains. So, what to do about it? Whether you’re for or against flu shots, there are things you can do nutritionally to keep your immune system strong and significantly reduce your...
According to a consortium of scientists studying the human microbiome, people are more bacteria than human. The massive Human Microbiome Project, launched in 2007 by the National Institutes of Health, is an effort to sequence the genes of all the microbes living in...
