Tag Archives: Microbiota

Getting real about antibiotics

While taking an antibiotic can, in some circumstances, be a life-saving intervention, it will also inevitably lay waste vast numbers of indigenous intestinal microorganisms – a loss from which we may only slowly, and possibly never completely recover, as less … Continue reading

Posted in Articles | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Diabetes may involve an imbalance of gut bacteria

It is becoming ever more clear that the human intestinal microbiota impacts markedly on the health of its host, and gathering evidence suggests a clear link between human gut bacteriology and metabolic syndrome and other related disorders. Previous research had … Continue reading

Posted in News | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Gut bacteria play a crucial role in food intolerance

Medicine still has no ready solution for the problem of food intolerance and, in general, doctors have shown little interest in finding one. In the absence of medical help and with no test for the condition, most patients are left … Continue reading

Posted in Articles | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

What happens when the good guys disappear?

Appearing at the same time as the United Nations climate change conference is meeting in Copenhagen to try to avert impending global catastrophe, this cogent essay considers the peril that threatens each individual from within, as the human microbiome reacts … Continue reading

Posted in News | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

‘Friendly’ bacteria: side-lined healers

Of the 100 trillion ‘friendly’ bacteria, from hundreds of different species, that we each carry around in our gut, only a few may have a special role in shaping our immune responses, but one of this select group involved in … Continue reading

Posted in Articles | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments