By Neha Mathur Apr 9 2023 Reviewed by Danielle Ellis, B.Sc. In a recent study published in the Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association (AA), researchers examined the effects of a low-carbohydrate-modified Mediterranean ketogenic diet (MMKD) on the gut microbiome and metabolome of patients at risk for Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Study: Effects of a ketogenic and low-fat diet on the...
Sue Hughes December 22, 2022 Further evidence that the gut microbiome affects the development of cardiovascular disease, heart failure in particular, has emerged in a new report. The study directly linked elevated levels of phenylacetylglutamine (PAG), a byproduct created when microbes in the gut break down dietary protein, to increased heart failure risk and severity. It follows...
By Maira Ahsan, BScReviewed by Aimee Molineux Intermittent fasting is essentially a cleansing exercise in terms of health, and this is becoming increasingly evident from a growing number of extensive studies. It continues to impact all tissue and organ systems once the regeneration movement begins at the cellular level. If fasting for longer than 16...
Sue Hughes December 22, 2022 Further evidence that the gut microbiome affects the development of cardiovascular disease, heart failure in particular, has emerged in a new report. The study directly linked elevated levels of phenylacetylglutamine (PAG), a byproduct created when microbes in the gut break down dietary protein, to increased heart failure risk and severity. It follows previous studies...
by University of Ottawa Credit: CC0 Public Domain The effects of oral contraceptives (OCs) like birth control pills on the brain and mood of women may come down to age and their gut microbiome, according to new research from the University of Ottawa. In a manuscript published in January’s Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, a team from the...
by Pennsylvania State University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Adding a daily ounce of peanuts or about a teaspoon of herbs and spices to your diet may affect the composition of gut bacteria, an indicator of overall health, according to new research from Penn State. In two separate studies, nutritional scientists studied the effects of small...
by Bob Shepard, University of Alabama at Birmingham The study, utilizing the relatively new field of metagenomics, demonstrated an imbalance in the gut microbiome of patients with Parkinson’s disease. Credit: University of Alabama at Birmingham New research from the University of Alabama at Birmingham says the gut microbiome is involved in multiple pathways in the...
By Dr. Chinta Sidharthan Nov 17 2022 Reviewed by Danielle Ellis, B.Sc. In a recent review published in the journal Pharmacological Research, researchers in Brazil investigated the role of gut microbiota in cognition, brain function, behavior, and neurodegenerative disease pathogenesis. Study: Relevance of gutmicrobiota in cognition, behaviour and Alzheimer’s disease. Image Credit: nobeastsofierce / Shutterstock Background A growing body...
MICROBIOLOGY SOCIETY IMAGE: PROBIOTICS LESSEN SOME ANTIBIOTIC-INDUCED CHANGES TO THE HUMAN GUT MICROBIOME. CREDIT: FERNÁNDEZ-ALONSO ET AL., JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY 2022 Millions of antibiotics are prescribed every year. Although they can be incredibly effective at treating infections, antibiotics usually do not solely target the bacteria that is causing infection. They also kill the harmless...
By Hidaya Aliouche, B.Sc. Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc. Antibiotic treatment alters the composition and magnitude of got microbiota species. Overall, antibiotics reduce species’ diversity and include the loss of key functional taxa, resulting in shifts in metabolism, increasing the susceptibility of the gut to colonization, and the stimulation of bacterial antibiotic resistance. The therapeutic...
