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01/20/2018 / By Zoey Sky

Health experts discuss the supplements they take and why – are they right for you?

Despite Big Pharma naysayers, the health benefits offered by supplements are backed by scientific facts. However, it can be daunting when you’re trying to decide which of the 29,000 supplements that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved is right for you. In an article published in the Daily Mail, experts narrowed down the choices to […]

11/20/2017 / By Michelle Simmons

The health of your gut microbiome could predict your risk of heart disease, researchers find

The most common lifestyle risk factors of heart diseases and stroke are unhealthy diet, lack of physical activity, tobacco smoke, and heavy alcohol drinking, and in a new study, researchers have discovered another link between gut bacteria and health. The new study has found that the bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract could have an influence […]

10/10/2017 / By Rhonda Johansson

Your probiotics might not be enough unless you’re also taking PREbiotics, expert warns

A professor of microbiology and pathology at Colorado State University warns that taking probiotics means diddly squat if you don’t supplement them with prebiotics. Ian Orme describes the prevailing assumption that probiotics taken by themselves can improve health as just “dodgy” and unrealistic. He claims that the practice is essentially useless as gastric acid kills […]

10/09/2017 / By Michelle Simmons

Why you should consider drinking tea: It boosts metabolism and, experts now believe, acts as a prebiotic for good gut health

A new study claims that drinking tea without milk can speed up your metabolism and promote good gut health, as reported by The Daily Mail. The researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles studied the relationship of metabolism and tea by conducting an experiment in mice. They divided the mice into four groups and gave […]

06/18/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

New research shows that prebiotics can combat the epidemic of childhood obesity

According to a radical new study, the solution to childhood obesity could lie in a prebiotic supplement. Specifically, a prebiotic supplement added to water that greatly improves gut bacteria profile. “Powdered fiber, mixed in a water bottle, taken once a day is all we asked the children to change, and we got, what we consider, […]

04/04/2017 / By Earl Garcia

Probiotics found to reverse depression without the violent side effects of SSRI antidepressants

Lactobacilli, beneficial bacteria commonly found in probiotics, proves to be a potential treatment for depression. Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine examined the effects of stress in mice and noted a significant loss of Lactobacillus in the process. The scientists found that the loss in Lactobacillus results in the subsequent manifestation of symptoms associated with depression. However, […]

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