Despite the best efforts of people like my middle school Biology teacher who tried to teach us otherwise, most of us have been raised to be alarmed by the “alien life” of bacteria teeming in our eyelashes and hair, on the surface of our skin, in our mouths and even in our digestive tracts. Let’s […]
Everything You Wanted to Know About Fecal Transplants
Fecal Transplants. Perhaps you have seen headlines or read about them. You may be curious about what a fecal transplant involves and why on earth anyone would want one, while simultaneously struggling to overcome a deep-seated revulsion over the word “fecal.” Fecal transplants have been in the news quite a lot recently, hailed as an […]
The Connection Between Obesity and Bad Gut Bacteria
I can still remember being overweight as a young adult and I would have given anything to be able to take a pill to make the pounds fly away. So, I guess it’s no surprise that get-slim-quick pills and miracle fat burning creams are a mainstay on late-night TV advertising. Although losing weight will never […]
Could a Fecal Transplant Be In Your Future?
The Atlantic Magazine published an article by Dr. Robynne Chutkan on Dec 12, 2013, entitled The Future of Probiotics. Her vision, although high on the yuck factor, is actually supported by recent research and very exciting. This is an interesting article in which the author, a gastroenterologist, imagines a future where we will be […]