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A well-functioning digestive system is crucial for our daily and long-term health. It helps in the breakdown of our food to provide energy, nutrients for assimilation and to eliminate waste. It also has an important role in supporting our immune system. Digestive issues plague almost all of us to some degree, be it mild gas or constipation to more severe IBS and colitis....

Unique gut bacteria could target a common cause of functional constipation, methane producing bacterial overgrowth, according to a new study. Recently it has become apparent that a common cause of constipation is overgrowth of methane producing bacteria known as methanogens1. Overgrowth of the methanogen Methanobrevibacter smithii increases gut methane levels which directly inhibits gastrointestinal motility and results in clinical symptoms of constipation2....

Good function of your digestive system (from your mouth through the stomach to beyond your bowels) is crucial for our daily and long-term health. It helps in the breakdown of our food to provide energy, nutrients for assimilation and to eliminate waste. It also has an important role in supporting our immune system. Digestive issues plague almost all of us to some...

Probiotics are a variety of beneficial living microorganisms called microbiomes, mainly bacteria, fungi, viruses, and archaea. [2] They live symbiotically with the host and have different roles. One of the fascinating discoveries is the underestimated role of the appendix as an insurance company. “The appendix is packed full of specialized immune cells, protecting, and communicating with a collective of microbes. Inside, these...

As the holidays and the end of the year begin to dawn on us, we start the celebrations with family, friends and over-indulgence. Why is it that every holiday we celebrate the fact that we can over-eat and over- drink? Did you know that overeating could affect our digestive processes? This will cause low stomach acid and enzyme output, indigestion, constipation and...

Dysbiosis If the evidence points to the presence of a gut dysbiosis then it will be necessary to implement measure to correct this. The ongoing presence of pathogenic yeast and bacteria serves as a relentless engine of insults that will sustain a state of LGS and frustrate other remedial interventions. An established overgrowth of Candida albicans typically generates such a range of...