The human microbiome, or gut environment, is a community of different bacteria that has co-evolved with humans to be beneficial to both a person and the bacteria. Researchers agree that a person’s unique microbiome is created within the first 1,000 days of life, but there are things you can do to alter your gut environment… Read More: Gut feelings: How food affects your mood »
When food products reach the stores, they’ve already traveled through a number of different locations and processes. (Photo: Courtesy of IBM Food Trust)IBM Food Trust What would you like with your turkey or Romaine lettuce? Some gravy? Some dressing? How about some blockchain? Not a block of cheese. Not a sausage chain. But blockchain. The… Read More: What Blockchain Has To Do With Turkey, Romaine Lettuce, And… »
Dr. David Stukus recently used a trendy at-home food sensitivity test, complete with alcohol swabs, gauze, lancets and a biohazard bag. He cleaned his ring finger with the alcohol prep pad, pressed a lancet against the “puncture site” until it clicked, squeezed his finger to get a good drop of blood to form and then… Read More: Expensive food sensitivity tests are based on pseudoscience, experts warn »