by Nancy | 9 Jun 2018 | DIY, gut flora, milk kefir
Summer’s here and what better time in a year to go for probiotic-based ice cream.. Indeed, it is possible to make your own ice cream (even without a machine) using probiotic cultures as a start. In the example above I used milk kefir (~250 mL), milk kefir...
by Nancy | 30 Jun 2016 | gut flora, Microbes, science
Another study came out in which another syndrome is linked with a lower diversity of the gut microbiome. This time the syndrome is chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). CFS is a condition in which the individual experiences fatigue which cannot be alleviated by bed rest;...
by Nancy | 3 Jun 2016 | gut flora, Microbes, science
Finally, someone who’s confirming the health benefits of outdoor play for children: Let the children play .. .. ? Outside! ? In Nature ?! in the dirt ? ! Let them.. ..besmirch each other! Let them.. ..role in it! Let them.. .. eat it! Why, because in this way...
by Nancy | 13 May 2016 | gut flora, Microbes
The opinion piece by news.discovery.com about whether probiotics are beneficial for a healthy gut provides some interesting food for thought, based on a Danish study. The study found that while, an dysbalanced gut flora (irritable bowel syndrome, ulcerative colitis...
by Nancy | 26 Apr 2016 | gut flora, Microbes, science
I hate wars, I cannot understand people that volunteer to go fight in (someone else’s) wars and I cannot possibly fathom research that is being sponsored to help people who get PTSD because they volunteered to go to war and come back totally traumatized (what...
by Nancy | 13 Mar 2016 | gut flora, Microbes, science
The Gut-Brain Axis is IN, big time.. A lot of recent research focuses on how the gut microbial flora changes during disease states and another team has now shown that individuals with autism have less diversity in terms of the microbes (bacteria of the genera...
