DIGEST digest

A place to celebrate our 2nd brain, our GUT. Food. Health. & The Human Microbiome.

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How Bacteria Rule Over Your Body – The Microbiome

What happens when microbes talk to your brain? Kurzgesagt Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/cRUQxz Support us on Patreon so we can make more videos (and get cool...

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Counting The Bugs And Bacteria, You're 'Never Home Alone' (And That's OK)

Ecologist Rob Dunn's new book describes the tiny life forms, helpful and risky, that live in different parts of the home, including on floors and in water faucets, basements and heating systems.

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When We Eat, or Don’t Eat, May Be Critical for Health

A growing body of research suggests that our bodies function optimally when we align our eating patterns with our circadian rhythms.

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Gut Microbes Combine to Cause Colon Cancer, Study Suggests

Two types of bacteria common in the gut may accelerate the growth of tumors, suggesting new possibilities for diagnosis and prevention.

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Exercise Alters Our Microbiome. Is That One Reason It’s So Good for Us?

Lean people were especially responsive to exercise’s effects on the bacterial makeup of our guts.

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Gut Bacteria Can Change Your Brain! - David Perlmutter MD

Researchers seemingly connected the dots between early life trauma and the observed differences in brain morphology and gut health.

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Opinion | An Ancient Cure for Alzheimer’s?

Researchers are wondering whether a dose of parasites could help prevent dementia.

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Opinion | The Upside of Bad Genes

Could an Alzheimer’s gene make you smarter, and a sickle cell gene make you healthier?

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How food can improve your mental health - BBC News

As part of the fight against mental health problems we have a very much underutilised tool - food.

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Evidence Emerges That Celiac Disease Could Be Triggered by a Seemingly Harmless Virus

Researchers have found early evidence that a common but harmless virus could be behind the incurable celiac disease, by causing our immune systems to turn against gluten.

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About Microbiology – Bacteria

What are bacteria? Find out about the different groups of bacteria, how they reproduce and their survival skills.

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Gut bacteria spotted eating brain chemicals for the first time

The discovery of gut bacteria that need the calming chemical GABA to survive could explain why bacteria seem to influence our mood

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Microbes, a Love Story

Are you attracted to her, or to the teeming community of microorganisms living in her gut?

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A Gut Makeover for the New Year

What you eat can affect the microbes in your gut — and your long-term health.

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The Microbiome Diet: Evolving Past Paleo

For the past several years, the biggest buzzword in diet has been Paleo. This approach to food supposedly re-creates the way our ancestors ate during the...

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My No-Soap, No-Shampoo, Bacteria-Rich Hygiene Experiment

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Scientists have discovered that a protein in wheat triggers the inflammation of chronic health conditions, such as multiple sclerosis, asthma and rheumatoid arthritis, and also contributes towards the development of non-celiac gluten sensitivity.