Are you in complete control of your life? Take a moment and think about this question. If you’re honest with yourself, you’ll find that you’re left with no other choice than to acknowledge that you’re not in complete control of your life. If you were to lose a loved one, the company your works for […]
How to Use Fermented Vegetables to Repair a Damaged Microbiome
May 31, 2017 by 3 Comments
One of the main recommendations of the microbiome restoration plan is to occasionally consume small quantities of a diversity of fermented vegetables. In the past, I’ve talked at length about the pros and cons of using various probiotic products, and I’ve looked into many of the biological mechanisms that are relevant with respects to how […]
What Your Dreams Can Tell You About Your Microbiome
May 30, 2017 by 4 Comments
In my recent article entitled 3 Things You Probably Didn’t Know Gut Bacteria Can Do I made the case that the bacteria that colonize our bodies play a role in shaping our dreams. In the time that has passed since I put up that article, I’ve been thinking more about the microbiome-host dreaming phenomenon, and […]
The Problem With the Low-FODMAP Diet
May 29, 2017 by 3 Comments
The low-FODMAP diet is a very popular diet among people who suffer from gastrointestinal illness, in particular those who have Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) – an extremely common condition in today’s society. If you go see a doctor, gastroenterologist, or dietitian and tell him you regularly experience bloating, flatulence, and/or other IBS-related gastrointestinal problems, then […]
The Large Intestine: Your Body’s Command Center
April 28, 2017 by 5 Comments
The human body is a marvelous structure. All of its different organs work around the clock to keep it alive and moving. In order to achieve this feat, they work together and allocate labor so that each organ gets to do what it’s good at: the liver is trusted on to filter out toxins from […]
Ask Eirik: What Types of Medicines Can Help Restore the Health of Homo Sapiens?
April 23, 2017 by 5 Comments
Quite recently, I was contacted by a person who was thinking about investing in companies that seek to develop wellness products that could one day be used to treat human disease. He was interested to know what types of products that I believed would bring the most benefit to the greatest number of people. In […]
Autoimmunity Originates in the Gut
April 5, 2017 by 4 Comments
The global prevalence of autoimmune conditions such as type-1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and celiac disease has increased rapidly over the most recent decades. These types of diseases are no longer extremely rare; they are starting to become quite common. Chances are you know at least one person who’s got an immune system that has spun […]
The Fallacy of Personalized Nutrition
March 27, 2017 by 2 Comments
Personalized nutrition is a fancy term that’s being thrown around a lot lately. If you go on Google and search around for new diet trends, then chances are you’ll come across articles on this dietary concept. Some of these articles will likely tell you that personalized nutrition will soon be a well-known and dominant concept […]
Why You Should Think Twice Before Using Probiotics
March 24, 2017 by 11 Comments
I’ve talked a lot about probiotics here on the site in the past. In my earlier articles on this topic (e.g., here, here), I’ve made the case that many probiotic products likely do more harm than good. In today’s article, I’m not going to take another in-depth look at the pros and cons of probiotic […]
The Human Microbiome: 20 Reasons Why Microbes Are Important
March 24, 2017 by Leave a Comment
The trillions of microorganisms that live in and on you affect pretty much everything that goes on inside your body. They affect your eyesight, how well your liver functions, your cognitive abilities, and the workings of your digestive system, among other things. If you’re a regular reader of Darwinian-Medicine.com, this is something you undoubtedly know. […]
