gut flora

Watch videos about gut flora

• April 26, 2013
  Carnitine, Choline, Cancer and Cholesterol: The TMAO Connection

  Expanding on the subject of my upcoming appearance on The Dr. Oz Show, a landmark new article in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that choline in eggs, poultry, dairy and fish produces the..
• April 5, 2013
  Flaxseeds & Breast Cancer Prevention

  Young women at high risk for breast cancer given just a teaspoon of ground flaxseeds a day showed fewer precancerous changes.
• February 22, 2013
  Titanium Dioxide & Inflammatory Bowel Disease

  People eating conventional diets may ingest a trillion microparticles of the food whitening additive titanium dioxide every day. What implication might this have for inflammation in the gut?
• November 5, 2012
  The Best Baby Formula

  Exclusive breast-feeding for a full six months may ironically improve our children's taste for vegetables, whereas children fed formula grow up with increased rates of inflammatory diseases such as..
• August 31, 2012
  The Ice Diet

  The water content of plant foods may help explain why those eating plant-based diets are, on average, so slim. Can ice be thought of as having even "fewer" calories than water since the body has to..
• August 30, 2012
  Tipping Firmicutes to Bacteroidetes

  Certain phytonutrients may tip the balance of healthy gut bacteria in favor of flora associated with improved weight control.
• August 29, 2012
  Boosting Good Bacteria in the Colon Without Probiotics

  Certain good bacteria in our gut can turn the fiber we eat into an anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer compound called butyrate that we absorb back into our system. We may be able to boost the number of..
• August 28, 2012
  Fawning Over Flora

  The good bacteria in our gut can digest the fiber we eat and turn it into an anti-obesity compound called propionate that we absorb back into our system.