another cool study on fecal microbiota transplants (fmt); this one about aging
AGING, INFLAMMATION, THE MICROBIOME, AND FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANTS Earlier this month, a dozen researchers from several universities in the Netherlands published a study in Frontiers in Immunology titled Aged Gut Microbiota Contributes to Systemical Inflammaging After Transfer to Germ-Free Mice. What’s especially interesting is that it deals with a subject I touched on in YESTERDAY’S […]
the aging gut: can you keep yourself young & healthy by maximizing the health of your gut?
THE AGING GUT: MANAGE YOUR GUT HEALTH TO STAY YOUNGER AS YOU AGE “Alterations in the composition and function of the gut microbiome have been implicated in a range of conditions and diseases. Culture-dependent and culture-independent studies both showed that older people harbour a gut microbiome that differs in composition from that of younger adults. […]
are you as healthy as you think you are?
“I used to think that as long as I had athletic ability, low body fat, and a ‘six pack’, everything was good —- I was “healthy”. In other words, in my mind, my health was intimately tied to how my body looked and the fact that I was good at sports. Unfortunately, higher education did […]