Probiotics In The News
“Gluten-free” May Cost Your Microbes
International Probiotics Association How did gluten become such a pariah? With its presence blamed for common gut problems, gluten has been swept from parts of the marketplace. However, for better […]
Scientists Discover Mix of Foods That Boosts Gut Health in Malnourished Children
When children suffer from severe malnourishment, they don’t just lose weight. The condition wreaks havoc on biological systems throughout the body — including the microbiome, the healthy bacteria and other […]
Modern Microbes Under Siege
International Probiotics.org Once upon a time, our human ancestors ate mostly plants. Microbes evolved in tandem, metabolizing fibers and forging a genome to coexist nicely with byproducts such as short-chain […]
Study Shows Microbiota Connection to Food Allergies
International Probiotics.org Frequent fliers know that peanuts are often forbidden in flight – an allergic reaction to foods such as peanuts can be fatal. Other common allergens in the food […]
Microbiome Research Gets the Gates Bump
International; Probiotics Association Money talks and we listen. Since the year 2000, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (over 50 billion USD in assets) has poured billions into tackling the world’s most pressing […]
The American diet can compromise the microbiome
New research shows that immigrants from Southeast Asia lose their gut microbiome diversity almost immediately after relocating to the U.S. The article, published in Cell, also revealed that as the […]