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07 Mar

Posted at 06:22h in Gut Health, Pregnancy, Probiotics

Rob Knight is a pioneer in studying human microbes, the community of tiny single-cell organisms living inside our bodies that have a huge — and largely unexplored — role in our health. “The three pounds of microbes that you carry around with you might be...

09 Feb

Posted at 01:10h in Diet, Weight Management

Compulsive overeating and sugar addiction are major threats to human health, but potential treatments face the risk of impairing normal feeding behaviors that are crucial for survival. A study published January 29th in the journal Cell reveals a reward-related neural circuit that specifically controls compulsive...

28 Jan

Posted at 06:41h in Hormones, Stress, Weight Management

What You Need to Know about Stress, Hormones & Weight Management There’s a famous quote that strikes me as particularly appropriate for a conversation about stress. It speaks to what is most surprising about humanity: “Man. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money.Then...

17 Jan

Posted at 23:37h in Gut Health, Probiotics

Chris Decker, ND I’d like to suggest that there’s a paradigm shift afoot regarding probiotics–a new frontier, if you will. As we know, our human gut is home to a vast panoply of microorganisms, and in order to keep it that way we populate it with diverse...

19 Dec

Posted at 04:53h in Exercise, Weight Management

Want to loose weight? Breathe out. Source: ABC Science News https://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2014/12/17/4149911.htm Instead of focusing on your hips, stomach or thighs for the post-Christmas workout, try paying a bit more attention to your lungs. Australian researchers have found that the majority of weight lost when we do manage to shed...