Children who are breastfed and eat healthy food during childhood experience better physical development than children who eat poor diets. It has also been speculated that the consumption of quality food leads to a higher IQ, but few long-term studies have investigated this notion until now. Researchers at the University of Adelaide looked at the […]
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The Evolutionary Approach to Weight Loss and Good Health
Studies show that people eating “ancestral diets” maintain excellent health and low body fat. Some of these healthy societies have a high carbohydrate intake while others get the majority of their calories from fat. Typically, people living closer to equator have usually gotten more of their energy from carbohydrate, while fat is the major source […]
Milk Pasteurization Promotes the Growth of Super Germs, Say Scientists
Human interference with mother nature is always a bad idea, and new research has identified spore-forming bacteria that not only survives milk pasteurization, but are able to germinate as a result of the heat. Certain bacteria have the ability to form a tough, protective endospore which allows them to survive extreme conditions. Food scientists have […]
Food Intolerance Epidemic – Why Does It Happen, and Can It Be Treated?
True food allergies are very rare, but there seems to be a fast-growing number of people experiencing some type of food intolerance. Fatigue, bloating, diarrhea or other symptoms typically appear many hours after a meal, and this delayed response makes it hard to know exactly what caused the problem. Also, the fact that food intolerance […]
Mental Disorders Linked to Alterations in the Human Microbiome
Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride has worked with hundreds of children with mental disorders. Most of the children are very sick and have several disorders at the same time. Autism, ADHD/ADD, dyspraxia, dyslexia, learning problems, allergies and asthma are common overlapping conditions. Dr. Campbell-McBride says she’s hardly met one child who only suffers from one condition. When […]
Treating Lactose Intolerance with Probiotics
It’s estimated that 75% of the world’s population lose the ability to completely digest lactose after infancy (1). Insufficient levels of lactase are often described as the cause of lactose intolerance, and therefore a common belief is that lactose intolerance is a permanent condition. However, scientific studies have made it clear that this is not […]
Soil Organisms: Bacillus Subtilis
Our ancestors lived in close contact with mother earth. Foods with clinging soil, untreated water, and “dirt” were all rich sources of bacteria. Certainly they might have come in contact with pathogenic organisms, but exposure to a variety of microbes during the early years of life would have strengthened their microbiome and immune system (1). […]
Candida Albicans Overgrowth
Candida albicans is a normal part of a healthy individuals microbiome, and it’s presence is kept under control by normal bacterial populations (1,9). However, antibiotics, increased carbohydrate consumption and several other factors have made us prone to candida overgrowth. Decreased numbers of “friendly” flora and compromised host resistance make it possible for the yeast to […]
Acne Originates in the Gut
The conventional wisdom is that the common skin disorder acne vulgaris develops when sebaceous (oil) glands attached to the hair follicles are stimulated at the time of puberty by elevated levels of male hormones. This increased oil production starts a cascade of events that result in inflammation and proliferation of Propionibacterium acnes. However, I believe […]