This is How Your Gut Bacteria Affects Your Immune System
Did you know that up to 80% of your immune system is found in your gut? The good news is, with a few simple lifestyle tweaks you can help support your gut bacteria and your immunity Your gut is home to trillions of bacteria that are essential to your health. This...
A diet high in fermented foods increases the diversity of gut bacteria and suppresses excessive immune response
Ingestion of fermented foods increases intestinal bacterial diversity and suppresses inflammatory immunity Activating good bacteria and increasing the diversity of intestinal bacteria (the abundance of types of microorganisms in the intestine) are important in order...
Protect Your Intestines From Food Allergies
Protect your intestines from food allergies Our immune system protects our body from foreign enemies. It is a mechanism that usually fights viruses and pathogens. However, it can also hurt our body in response to something that should be harmless to the body. Among...
Probiotics for Asthma
Could altering the gut microbiota modulate pulmonary immune response as well as prevent and/or treat asthma? After noting reductions in Lachnospira, Veillonella, Faecalibacterium, and Rothia abundances in the gut of asthmatic infants, researchers inoculated germ-free...
Organic Acids in OM-X Keeps your Intestines Healthy!
Ingestion of lactic acid and pyruvic acid enhances intestinal immunity It was reported in a scientific journal Nature in 2019 that organic acids such as lactic acid and pyruvic acid produced by gut microbiota can activate the intestinal immune response. There are many...
The Importance of Gut Health During Pregnancy
There is a lot to think about when you’re pregnant, and at the forefront of many mom-to-be’s minds is ensuring they are providing both themselves and their baby with the nutrition they need. I remember for me, despite being a naturopathic doctor, I was still...
Bad Bacteria Causes Breast Cancer
Bad bacteria may be involved in the onset & metastasis of breast cancer What is toxin-producing Bacteroides fragilis? A myriad of gut bacteria coexist in our intestinal tract. Some are toxic and some are not depending on the strain or its type even within the same...
Turn Back Time with Collagen
Jessica Sansevera looked in the mirror and discovered the holidays had not been kind to her skin. Winter dryness and stress had deepened her fine lines, and overindulgence in caffeine and sugar had left her with welts of rosacea-related acne around her mouth. “My skin...
Top 6 Benefits of Taking Collagen Supplements
Collagen is the most abundant protein in your body. It is the major component of connective tissues that make up several body parts, including tendons, ligaments, skin, and muscles . Collagen has many important functions, including providing your skin with structure...