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The concept of prebiotics—defined as substrates that are selectively utilized by host microorganisms conferring a health benefit—was introduced in the scientific community nearly 30 years ago. Today, prebiotic substances ...
Oct 7, 2024
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A team of biologists, nutritionists and gut biome specialists has found via a trial run at several hospitals in Bangladesh that giving children suffering from severe malnutrition a microbiome-based food helps them recover ...
While being overweight increases the risk of developing lifestyle-related diseases, there is a phenomenon known as the obesity paradox where a decreased risk of death has been seen during cancer therapy. However, that paradox ...
Sep 12, 2024
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We spend around 90% of our lives indoors. But what you might not realize while you're cozied up at home is that you don't just share your space with your family or pets—you also share it with millions of invisible microbes. ...
Sep 4, 2024
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Researchers at TU Graz have published a video game about the health effects of the microbiome and what impact our lifestyle has on it.
Aug 7, 2024
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Nutritionists generally advise everyone to eat more dietary fiber, but a new Cornell University study suggests that its effects on health can vary from person to person. The findings indicate that recommendations should be ...
Jun 25, 2024
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In the fall of 2023, NIST's scientists in Charleston, South Carolina, received a special shipment of containers packed with baggies full of frozen human feces.
May 30, 2024
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There's a fresh call for a lowering of the bowel cancer screening age in Aotearoa New Zealand, in the wake of new University of Otago, Christchurch research showing an alarming rise in colorectal cancer rates in younger New ...
May 8, 2024
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By the time you have finished reading this article, at least one species on our planet will be lost forever.
May 4, 2024
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Many people around the world make and eat fermented foods. Millions in Korea alone make kimchi. The cultural heritage of these picklers shape not only what they eat every time they crack open a jar but also something much, ...
Apr 17, 2024
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