THE CAUSES OF CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME

FINALLY, the science is slowly catching up with naturopathic philosophies……. ‘Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Linked to Gut Dysbiosis’ Imbalance in gut microbiota could explain inflammatory symptoms present in chronic fatigue syndrome, say US researchers. Their analysis of stool samples taken from 48 patients and 39 controls shows CFS patients had decreased bacterial diversity and an increase […]

Why Protecting & Encouraging a Healthy Microbiome is So Essential

Why Protecting & Encouraging a Healthy Microbiome is So Essential For every cell in the human body, there are about 10 nonhuman cells. These microbial residents of our gut, skin, eyes and nasal passages collectively are referred to as the “microbiome” — and research of its role in human health has revealed enough surprising discoveries […]

SPECIFIC PROBIOTIC STRAIN REDUCES ABDOMINAL PAIN IN CHILDREN WITH IBS

Lactobacillus Rhamnosus GG Reduces Abdominal Pain in Children With Irritable Bowel Syndrome Reference: Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2011;33(12):1302 An estimated 4% to 25% of school-age children complain of recurrent abdominal pain, the majority of which have no identifiable organic cause. These functional gastrointestinal disorders comprise a constellation of conditions, which include functional dyspepsia, irritable bowel syndrome […]

WHY DO WE ALL NEED PROBIOTICS?

Probiotics support a variety of health conditions and help maintain general wellness, which is why everyone can benefit from taking a probiotic every day. A Healthy Gut = A Healthy Body! The term probiotic is derived from the Latin and Greek language with the literal meaning “for life” – and when you look at their […]

Antibiotics – Should They Be Taken For Conditions That Are Not Life-Threatening?

Before you take a course of antibiotics in the future or you are thinking about giving them to your children or pets (unless the condition is life threatening), you may want to reconsider: Antibiotics a Gut-Wrenching Lottery Dr Karl’s Great Moments In Science ABC Science – 5.7.11 The following article was taken from ABC Science […]

Could Microbes Be Responsible For Obesity, Auto-Immune Diseases and Allergies?

We all know that a healthy diet maintains our health but, not surprisingly, recent research has also shown that a poor diet can play a major role in determining our gut microflora which may explain the increase in auto-immune diseases, allergies, inflammatory bowel diseases and other digestive problems and possibly even obesity, caused by germs […]

PROBIOTICS: THE KEY TO ONGOING MAINTENANCE OF OPTIMAL GUT HEALTH

WHAT ARE PROBIOTICS? The gut flora in the average human digestive system is comprised of more than 400 species and weighs up to 3 kg. This represents an enormous number of bacteria. It is estimated that the human body is composed of 100 trillion cells, but we are outnumbered by at least 10 to 1 […]