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September 17, 2021
'Fibre Is The New Protein'
FoodNavigator.com, by Oliver Morrison
"With only 9% of adults getting the recommended amount of dietary fibre a day, the UK's Food and Drink Federation has launched a new initiative to boost the nation's fibre consumption."
Health and Exercise
September 14, 2021
The Effects of Nutritional Yeast for Cancer
NutritionFacts.org, by Michael Greger, MD
"Researchers have found that beta-glucan fiber in brewer’s, baker’s, and nutritional yeasts may 'enhance the effect of anticancer chemotherapy or radiation therapy and have a positive effect on the survival and quality of life of cancer patients.' "
Health and Exercise
May 27, 2021
Feeding the Gut Microbiome
Patagonia, by Emeran Mayer, MD
"It is the normal interaction between all these players in the gut ecosystem that determines not only gut health, but also our overall health."
Brain
February 15, 2021
Husker scientists studying our ‘second brain’ – the gut microbiome
University Communication, University of Nebraska, by Deann Gayman
“The gut microbiome, so to speak, is this collection of hundreds of trillions of microorganisms — most of them bacteria — that live in our gastrointestinal tract. And they form a very complex ecosystem that does a number of things that contributes to our health and our wellness. For example, the microbiome plays a major role in training our immune system.”
Autoimmune
January 13, 2021
Microbiome impacts COVID-19 severity and duration, study suggests
NutraIngredients.com, by Nikki Hancocks
“Published in ‘Gut’, the study found that associations between gut microbiota composition, levels of cytokines and inflammatory markers in patients with COVID-19 suggest that the gut microbiome is involved in COVID-19 severity, possibly via modulating host immune responses.”