Do you sometimes get abdominal cramps even when it’s not time for your period? Do you sometimes get loose stools and wonder whether it’s food poisoning? Are you so bloated that you find it hard to button up your shirt? What can you do about this? The
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Did you know that there are 10 times more bacteria than cells in your body? Yup, it’s true! These microscopic bacterial colonies know collectively as the human microbiome, weigh approximately 2 kilograms, and contribute to a wide variety of important biological functions including immunity, mental health, hormone
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FOS. What is it? To those who don’t know, it sounds like a type of fancy lettuce. But it’s even better than that! Fructo-oligoasaccharides (FOS) is a simple carbohydrate that is non-digestible by humans. It’s an alternative natural sweetener that can be found in the storage units
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Production of short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), especially butyrate, in the gut microbiome is required for optimal health but is frequently limited by the lack of fermentable fiber in the diet. We attempted to increase butyrate production by supplementing the diets of 174 healthy young adults
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