Tag: gut health

Coronavirus: How To Keep Your Gut Microbiome Healthy To Fight COVID-19

Randolph Jason

Coronavirus: How To Keep Your Gut Microbiome Healthy To Fight COVID-19 By Tim Spector for Natural Blaze These are unprecedented times. COVID-19 (the illness caused by the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2) has officially been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. Many countries have sealed their borders and put the population under voluntary or enforced lockdown. Cultural and sporting events have been cancelled or postponed – including Euro 2020 and the Glastonbury festival – pubs and restaurants are closing, and people are panic buying staples such as toilet paper and pasta. But although it can feel like…

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Is a healthier gut microbiome the master key to longevity?

Randolph Jason

Is a healthier gut microbiome the master key to longevity? By Arsenio Toledo for Prevention Researchers now believe that boosting the health of the gut microbiome may be the secret to living healthier in old age. In a study published in the journal Nature Communications, researchers looked at how fecal transplantation from young mice to older ones stimulated the gut microbiome and revived the gut’s immune system. The gut, more so than many other internal organs, can be severely weakened by the effects of aging, and many age-dependent changes to the gut microbiome have been linked…

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Probiotics Help Prevent Cognitive Decline

Randolph Jason

Probiotics Help Prevent Cognitive Decline by Dr. Joseph Mercola for Mercola As your “second brain,” the state of your gut has been shown to play an important role in your neurological health. Importantly, studies have shown probiotics (beneficial bacteria) can help decrease pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), including amyloid plaques and tangles.1 One of the most impressive of these studies2 was published in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience in 2016. Sixty elderly patients diagnosed with Alzheimer’s received either a placebo or a probiotic milk product containing Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus casei, Bifidobacterium bifidum…

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