Can Exercise Help Build a Healthy Gut Microbiota?
A new branch of medicine is quickly emerging from the growing evidence of the link between the gut microbiota – the complex set of microbial populations living within our gastrointestinal tract- and human health. In a recent blog, I discussed how nutrition shapes bacterial communities in the gut, and how dysbiosis -the loss of bacterial […]
How diet shapes the gut microbiota in health and disease
When we think about bacteria, unpleasant things like cavities, infections and disease usually come to mind. In reality, our relationship with microbes is far more complex and interesting. Microorganisms thrive in our bodies, both inside and out, and co-evolved with humans over thousands of years as essential partners in health and disease. Gut Microbiota: […]