Leaky Gut Education

Microbiome Manipulates Host A TED talk by microbiologist Bonnie Bassler describes the symbiotic relationship between the Australian Bobtail Squid and a tiny incandescent bacteria that lights up at night. As her team of scientists dove deeper into their relationship, two freaky notions were uncovered. One, we too are made up of trillions of microbes at a 10 to 1 ratio with our own human cells. And Two, these microbes communicate with eachother using a chemical language that actually enables them to coordinate defenses and mount attacks on the host based on a community vote. If that doesn't make you a...

What Causes Food Allergies Everyone knows someone with food allergies. Today social gatherings involving food require special attention to nuts, eggs, cow milk, wheat, shellfish, corn and soy. And the consequences for negligence range from debilitating to deadly. According to the Centers for Disease Control, last year over 15 million Americans made ER visits for food allergy related emergencies. In Europe 17 million went to the hospital.  Food Allergies Rising While researchers scramble for some answers, food allergies among children in the U.S. have increased 50% in the last decade, with an even sharper increase in Europe where hospital admissions...

Food Cravings Some new science is suggesting that your food cravings could be influenced by forces other than YOU. No way you say? Consider this. You're actually more microbe than human. Yep, 10 to 1 your cells are outnumbered by microbial cells living in and on you. And the federally funded Human Microbiome Project, is uncovering some bigger news scientists believe will affect the future of medicine. Namely, our gut microbiome benefits us more than we ever knew- breaking down our food, fighting off infections and nurturing our immune system. It’s a living, microscopic civilization we should be nurturing for...

What Causes Leaky Gut? According to Dr. Josh Axe, 80% of Americans have a leaky gut to some degree. When you consider the new science linking the gut to neurology, rheumatology, cancer, diabetes, and childhood obesity he could be right. And in turn, Hippocrates ancient conviction the "all disease begins in the gut" sounds more reasonable all the time. So, what causes leaky gut and what are the risk factors everyone should know to protect our health? The average human digestive tract is home to as many as 3 trillion unique species of microorganisms. Most of them are harmless — or even...