Tag Archives: Bacteria

Nourishing Gut Bacteria Is Critical for Health, Well-Being

Editor’s Note: This article is a reprint. It was originally published March 13, 2016. Barely a day goes by without some type of media announcement noting the importance of your gut flora. One of the best and least expensive ways to optimize your gut microbiome is to eliminate sugars and processed sugars and eat traditionally… Read More: Nourishing Gut Bacteria Is Critical for Health, Well-Being »

Where bacteria becomes resistant to antibiotics

Antibiotics save lives but any time antibiotics are used, they can cause side effects and lead to antibiotic resistance. Since the s, antibiotics have greatly reduced illness and death from infectious diseases. However, as we use the drugs, germs develop defense strategies against them. This makes the drugs less effective. Microbes are very small living… Read More: Where bacteria becomes resistant to antibiotics »

Medical News Today: Common foods alter gut bacteria by influencing viruses

A group of researchers has brought the idea of food as a medicine one step closer. They have identified certain common foodstuffs that alter our microbiome. In science today, food and gut bacteria are two topics that are guaranteed to fuel interest and debate. Both, of course, are interrelated, and a new study focuses on… Read More: Medical News Today: Common foods alter gut bacteria by influencing… »