Where lifestyle meets science
In October 2019 researchers from Qatar published their review of the association between a Western diet and chronic diseases. A Western diet is characterised by a high intake of energy-dense … Read more
In September 2019 researchers from the USA published their review on diet and rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis affects roughly 1% of the world’s population and whilst genetic factors account for … Read more
In October 2019 researchers from Taiwan published their review of nutrition and diet in inflammatory bowel disease. The researchers stated that the incidence of inflammatory bowel disease has been increasing … Read more
In December 2019 researchers from South Korea published their review on the effect of diet on the gut microbiota and how it is associated with obesity. Obesity is described as … Read more
In February 2020 researchers from the USA published their review on how probiotics can prevent antibiotic-associated diarrhoea, which is a common side effect of antibiotic treatment. It is defined as … Read more
In February 2020 researchers from South Korea published the results of their study to assess the composition of the gut microbiome in individuals with Sjogren’s syndrome and dry eye syndrome. … Read more
In October 2019 researchers from Germany published their review of the medical scientific literature to assess the impact of vegan or vegetarian diet on the make-up of the gut microbiome. … Read more
In September 2019 researchers from Croatia published their review on the role of probiotics in the treatment of the most common gastrointestinal disorders, ie infantile colic, constipation, functional abdominal pain … Read more
In May 2019 researchers from China published the results of their study to assess the association between gut microbiota dysbiosis (an imbalance between the types of organism present in an … Read more
In May 2018 researchers from Spain published their study to assess the effect of certain nutrients as well as adherence to the Mediterranean diet on the gut microbiota of healthy … Read more
In May 2019 researchers from France published the results of their study to assess the association between diet and composition of gut microbiota (microbiota includes bacteria, fungi and viruses). A … Read more
In June 2019 researchers from the USA published the results of their study to assess the relationship between the gut microbiota, blood pressure, and vascular function in aging overweight and … Read more
In July 2019 researchers from Belgium, The Netherlands and Finland published the results of their study to assess the results of their study to assess the association of Akkermansia muciniphila … Read more
Just as the question, “what is it to be human?”, has troubled humans from the beginning of history, the question, “what is the human microbiome?” has troubled researchers since the … Read more