Browsing: Gut Health & Microbiome

Dear Doctors: I have been stress eating during the pandemic. That includes plenty of junk food, unfortunately, and I’ve gained 15 pounds. I’m sure it has been bad for my gut microbiome, and I want to do a reset. How do you eat for your gut to be healthier?

An illustration of the human microbiome. The bacteria in our gut may influence our mental health, research finds. MEHAU KULYK/Getty Images/Science Photo Library RFhide caption

Gut microbiome composition varies from person to person, influencing digestion and potentially other aspects of health. Generic dietary advice may not account for these differences. Iom Bioworks aims to bridge this gap through microbiome profiling and personalised recommendations based on individual biological data

If you want a healthy gut, you have to feed it well. This nourishment should include both probiotics and prebiotics — two dietary components that are increasingly being recognized as essential to your intestinal and overall health, says Teresa Fung, adjunct professor in the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public…

New microbiome research reveals exercise may impact gut physiology It may affect microorganism diversity. Exercise and gut health may have a significant correlation.

As a gastroenterologist, Mohamad Mokadem, MD, has heard countless pieces of dietary advice that simply don’t make medical sense

July 18, 2023 ByHeidi Godman, Managing Director Share Print This Page

Updated 2026/10/25 13:00 Actress Jeon Hye Bin, 43 years old, recently purchased yam while shopping at Gyeongdong Market on her YouTube channel./Photo=Screenshot from Jeon Hye Bin’s YouTube channel Yam is a root vegetable that contains starch, dietary fiber and polysaccharides, along with distinctive sticky mucilage and various bioactive compounds. Research is continuing into its potential…

Gut health is now sold in probiotic pills and at-home microbiome tests. According to a group of leading scientists who study gut microbes, both have grown faster than the evidence behind them

Dear Doctors: I got a tick bite, and because there’s Lyme disease in our area, my doctor put me on antibiotics. It prevented Lyme disease, but I’m worried about what it did to my gut microbiome. How long does it take to recover? Can I do anything to help?