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BREAKING UP WITH DIET PEPSI I just absolutely loved the combination of the cold and the bubbles. I was never a coffee drinker, so my beloved Diet Pepsi gave me a caffeine fix too. However, two years ago when I began researching more about nutrition, artificial sweeteners, and the gut microbiome, I knew that the […]
ARE PROBIOTICS MONEY DOWN THE TOILET? OR WORSE? Check out this article published on JAMA online that reports on the limited benefits, and potential harms, in our current use of probiotics: “With interest growing in natural therapies, the popularity of probiotics is on the rise. In 2012, almost 4 million US adults reported using probiotics or prebiotics—4 times […]
VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY & IBD: CHICKEN OR EGG? Vitamin D is well known to have many effects on the immune system. In recent years, many studies have suggested a possible role for vitamin D deficiency contributing to the development or activity of inflammatory bowel disease. Check out the link to this excellent article in Frontline […]
GASTROENTEROLOGY NERD ALERT: Check out this fascinating article from the New York Times last year about the relationship between EXERCISE and the GUT MICROBIOME. “Exercise may change the composition and activity of the trillions of microbes in our guts in ways that could improve our health and metabolisms over time, a new study finds.” https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/03/well/move/exercise-microbiome-health-weight-gut-bacteria.html […]