microbiome

Data Shows How to Protect Against Coronavirus and We Address Conspiracy Theories

June 24, 2020 by Michael Edwards
Last updated on: June 24, 2020

I’m not, nor have I been, concerned with contracting COVID-19. Pathogens infect people who are vulnerable. The concept of random/chance infections doesn’t hold up to scrutiny. If a pathogen does kill everyone and anyone regardless of how healthy the host… [read]

How Long Can Germs Survive on Surfaces?

April 29, 2020 by Michael Edwards
Last updated on: April 29, 2020

More specifically, how long do bacteria and viruses live on surfaces at home under normal interior temperatures? It’s complicated. Some microbes could survive on household surfaces like telephones, door handles, countertops, and stair railings for centuries if left undisturbed. But… [read]

New Study Shows Gut Bacteria May Alter the Aging Process

November 26, 2019 by Sage Edwards
Last updated on: May 31, 2020

A recent study done by an international research team led by Nanyang Technological University in Singapore finds that microorganisms in the gut may alter the aging process. With research like this, the goal is to eventually be leading to food-based… [read]

Anxiety Could Be Treated in the Gut, Says Observational Study

May 28, 2019 by Kristina Martin
Last updated on: June 10, 2019

A recent observational study published in the journal General Psychiatry found that regulating the gut microbiome had positive effects on people with anxiety. In a review of 21 different studies that included controlled anxiety tests, 11 studies showed that regulating… [read]

Common and Unexpected Causes of Candida Overgrowth

November 13, 2018 by Michael Edwards
Last updated on: November 13, 2018

There are more microbial cells than human cells in our bodies. Collectively the microbes are called the microbiome. Many different kinds of bacterial and non-bacterial organisms make up this microbiome. We breathe in and swallow some of them, but most… [read]

Antibiotics Delete Gut Diversity

November 13, 2018 by Kristina Martin

It can take six months to regain a normal microbiome after using antibiotics, and chances are good that not all of the microbes present before the antibiotics were administered will return. Researchers in Copenhagen conducted a small study (12 men)… [read]

Probiotic Bacteria Could the Solution to Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

October 30, 2018 by Kristina Martin
Last updated on: May 31, 2020

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has released a new study that confirms the awesome powers of a bacteria commonly found in probiotic supplements: Bacillus. Testing a variety of Bacillus microbes against Staphylococcus aureus, a common cause of antibiotic-resistant infections,… [read]