It would be nice to believe that the food that we eat, including any colors, flavor enhancers, preservatives or other chemicals (including pesticides and herbicides) that are added to it, is perfectly safe for us to eat. We trust that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) (and comparable international governmental agencies) have thoroughly evaluated […]
5 Reasons Why Bacteria is the Hottest Topic in Human Health
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 […]
Could the Active Ingredient in Roundup be Causing a Health Epidemic?
Fact 1: Glyphosate is the active ingredient in the world’s most common agricultural herbicides. Fact 2: The mechanism that glyphosate uses to kill plants is the same mechanism by which it kills the beneficial bacteria and yeasts found in the human microbiome that are necessary for good health. Fact 3: Glyphosate consumption has been shown […]
What is a Baby’s Microbiome and Why Should Expectant Mothers Care?
My mother’s generation, who gave birth during the 1950’s and 1960’s, had a less-stressful, less-worrisome time of it than those of us giving birth in the 21st century. A parenting book in the 1950’s actually advises expectant mothers to limit themselves to only two highball cocktails a night! Whereas we are given strict prohibitions on […]
People in Northern Latitudes Harbor Bacteria That Increase Fat
The University of California at Berkeley, reported on a study recently published in the online journal Biology Letters by one of its graduate students, Dr. Taichi Suzuki and University of Arizona evolutionary biology professor, Dr. Michael Worobey. This study, which examined the microbiomes (mix of gut bacteria) of thousands of volunteers worldwide showed that people […]
Research Shows Antibiotics Can Cause Obesity
I had always known that commercial farmers put antibiotics into their livestock feed, and generally have tried to buy free-range, organic or antibiotic-free chicken and beef, even though it was much more expensive and the chickens were noticeably smaller. I’ve wanted to avoid meat raised this way not because of a fear that there were […]
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 […]
C-section babies missing crucial gut bacteria, study finds
Published: February 11, 2013 Author: Paul Taylor Source: The Globe and Mail Experts Cited: Dr. Anita Kozyrskyj, Dr. Meghan Azad Bacterium Named: Bacteroides, Escherichia-Shigella, Clostridium difficile Condition: asthma, type 1 diabetes, celiac disease, food allergies, obesity Our Take:This article is an overview of the research published by Dr. Kozyrskyj and Dr. Azad who studied the […]