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‘Unhealthy’ Microbiomes Could Promote Metabolic Disease

‘Unhealthy’ Microbiomes Could Promote Metabolic Disease

Written by Nicholas Weiler for University of California San Francisco.  Trillions of bacteria surround us, permeate us, and bind our bodies together. They affect our immune systems and our brains, they shift and change with our diet, and some researchers suspect that these microbial multitudes may be an important link between our modern lifestyle and ongoing epidemics of diseases such as asthma, obesity, and diabetes. Leading microbiome researchers recently came to UC San Francisco to share the newest insights about how improving our relationship with our bodies’ microbial ecosystems could be the next big breakthrough in treating metabolic disease. One major theme of...

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Want Even More Good News About Bone Broth?

Want Even More Good News About Bone Broth?

Written by Dr Kellyann Petrucci Yep, I know. You’re thinking, “Here goes Kellyann again… talking about bone broth.” But guess what: I’m not going to talk about bone broth today. Instead, I’m going to tell you what other people are saying about it! That’s because from nutrition experts to dieters, everyone’s falling in love with it. For instance, Dr. Josh Axe, who hosts one of the world’s top ten natural health websites, raves about bone broth in his post here. In addition to pointing out the many health benefits of bone broth that I’ve written about, he adds another bonus:...

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