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Featured: Modern diets, dysbiosis and inflammatory disease

FREE VIDEO - this talk takes us into recent discoveries that are translating into new, personalised clinical approaches that will change the way you think about the microbiota.

Posted on Wed, 2 Mar 16

Western diet disrupts gut bacteria and causes inflammation

A western diet resulted in overgrowth of pathogenic gut bacteria and increased inflammation, which helps explain links between high sugar, high fat diets and inflammatory bowel disease.

Posted on Tue, 27 Jan 15

Probiotics & prebiotics successful for bacterial overgrowth

Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) can cause digestive problems such as chronic abdominal pain, diarrhea or irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) like symptoms. For the first time, a study suggests a pre and probiotic combination may help eliminate SIBO.

Posted on Tue, 23 Sep 14

Anti-candida therapy: back to the future?

Dietary, nutritional and anti-fungal treatments for chronic candida infection have been employed clinically for over 40 years, and throughout this time have been a controversial practice, new research into the pathogenic role of candida, however, may warrant a resurrection of the yeast connection.

Posted on Thu, 3 Jul 14

Exercise improves gut bacteria diversity

Higher bacterial diversity in your gut has been associated with better health, and a new study has discovered that exercise may help.

Posted on Fri, 24 Jul 09

Infectobesity: don't catch it

Infectobesity sounds like an unlikely cause of weight gain but increasing evidence suggests that infectious organisms such as viruses and bacteria may contribute to the development of overweight and obesity [1]. Person-to-person contact has been linked to the spread of obesity through social networks [2] and a candidate infectious organism may be closer to you than you think.