Microbiome Munchies

Microbiome Munchies http://kutv.com/features/fresh-living/feeding-your-microbiome (KUTV) Salt Lake City – Are you feeding your microbiome right? Dr. Shawn Talbott, a nutritional biochemist, joined Brooke and Caitlin on Fresh Living to explain what a microbiome is and...

C-Sections and Obesity

Very interesting article about the importance of microbiome balance for overall metabolism… Increased weight gain by C-section: Functional significance of the primordial microbiome http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/3/10/eaao1874 Abstract Epidemiological...

How to be Happier

The New York Times – and the stellar science/health writer Tara Parker-Pope (@nytimeswell on Twitter) has pulled together and excellent guide on “How to Be Happy” – and just in time for summer! Read the full guide HERE Some of the research-supported tips include:...

Eat Like a Hazda?

Should we be eating like our ancestors? Here’s a very nice article discussing the pros/cons of trying to eat diet more similar to our “hunter-gatherer” ancestors. The example here is the Hadza tribe of Tanzania – which has been shown in...

Bugs as Drugs?

Modulating the Microbiome for Better Health! The “next big thing” in science (and medicine) is the concept of microbiome modulation to improve health and reduce (cure?) disease. Below is just a short list of some areas in which the pharma and biotech...

Two Brains are Better than One!

I know, I know – you probably know plenty of people who you think don’t even have ONE brain, but you REALLY have TWO brains – the “Second Brain” residing in your gut communicates with the “First Brain” in your head to...