I feel compelled to share updates in the field of nutrition with you on an ongoing basis. I love learning and sharing knowledge with my clients, past and present. I hope that you find these mails interesting and can take something useful away from them.
The first edition will focus on an area which is quite new in the field, but incredibly multifaceted and interesting. It's about the human microbiome (i.e.the millions of bacteria, fungi, etc in and on our bodies). Apparently the number of bacterial cells in the human intestine outnumbers human cells by a factor of 10 to 1. These bacterial cells also contains about 150 times as many genes as the human genome.
Having a bacterial imbalance in one's gut could impact on one's health. Many studies done thus far have been on mice, but the discoveries have been remarkable. What I found especially interesting was the effect of recurrent usage of antibiotics on one's microbiome.
For more interesting reading, please see the article below:
http://ideas.ted.com/can-your-biome-make-you-fat/?utm_campaign=social&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_content=ideas-blog&utm_term=science
Happy reading!
The first edition will focus on an area which is quite new in the field, but incredibly multifaceted and interesting. It's about the human microbiome (i.e.the millions of bacteria, fungi, etc in and on our bodies). Apparently the number of bacterial cells in the human intestine outnumbers human cells by a factor of 10 to 1. These bacterial cells also contains about 150 times as many genes as the human genome.
Having a bacterial imbalance in one's gut could impact on one's health. Many studies done thus far have been on mice, but the discoveries have been remarkable. What I found especially interesting was the effect of recurrent usage of antibiotics on one's microbiome.
For more interesting reading, please see the article below:
http://ideas.ted.com/can-your-biome-make-you-fat/?utm_campaign=social&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_content=ideas-blog&utm_term=science
Happy reading!
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