Functional Medicine

Kitty Microbiome Similar to Ours? Yes, and that may help us with microbiome-directed therapeutics for obesity.

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Scientists have a new tool in the fight against obesity – ‘Fat Cats’
By Hunter Boyce; The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (TNS) Jul 30, 2024

 

Fat cats. They’re great pets, internet famous and, according to a new study, possibly the next big thing in obesity research.

Published in Scientific Reports, the study discovered our […]

Gut Health and Accelerated Aging

Hope to stay young as long as possible? How you age is NOT “all in your genes” and you have more control over that than you may think. This research reveals the link between increased intestinal permeability (“leaky gut”) and accelerated biological aging. When your body ages faster than your chronological years you have greater […]

Gut Health and Allergies

Do you have allergies? Evidence continues to show that dietary habits affect gut health, and gut health affects your immune system. This research further reveals the complex and multifactorial regulatory mechanisms involving gastrointestinal microbiota, diet, and the immune system. Your body regulates your immune system with the help of your gut bacteria.

Take good care of your […]

Gut Disruption from COVID-19

Is your gut not quite right since having COVID-19? You do not have to live with these lasting effects. Rutgers scientists recently found that COVID-19 acute infection disrupts gut bacteria balance, especially with antibiotic treatment. Microbiome analysis and functional medicine available at AIMA of Nashua can help identify and address the specific bacterial imbalance causing your […]

Not So Sweet

Common artificial sweeteners — saccharin, sucralose, and aspartame — can transform healthy gut bacteria into dangerous pathogenic bacteria with the ability to invade gut cells, potentially causing intestinal damage that promotes life threatening infections and chronic disease.
These super sweet artificial sweeteners aren’t so sweet after all. It’s time to think about down-regulating our taste for sweet.
Source: Aparna Shil et al, Artificial Sweeteners Negatively Regulate Pathogenic Characteristics of Two Model Gut Bacteria, E. coli and E. faecalis, International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2021).

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New Research Confirms Gut Health Plays a Role in Neurodegeneration

A research team at The Advanced Science Research Center at The Graduate Center, City University of New York has found high levels of three toxic metabolites produced by gut bacteria in the cerebrospinal fluid and plasma samples of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. The research team included scientists from the CUNY ASRC, MS Center of Northeastern New York, […]