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12 May 2016 - FoodNavigator - Artificial sweeteners linked to overweight babies

Date: 12/05/2016

05 May 2016 - MNT - Schizophrenia, bipolar tied to yeast infection

Date: 05/05/2016

A current or previous infection with Candida albicans appears to be more common in some people with mental illness than people without the condition.

12 April 2016 - Nutraingredients - Mind the fibre gap: The case of the vanishing gut microbiome

Date: 12/04/2016

Increasing dietary fibre intake may be the best way to regain the microbial biodiversity that has been impaired by the western diet, according to researchers.

Your poor diet might hurt your grandchildren's guts

Date: 13/01/2016

Modern, western-type diets can damage not only the health and variety of your gut bacteria, but those of our children and grandchildren too.

31 Aug 2015 - Nutraingredients - Gut bacteria play vital role in benefits and harms of different fats: Mouse data

Date: 31/08/2015

10 June 2015 - MNT - GI content of diet may influence autism symptoms

Date: 10/06/2015

Dietary glycemic index is often monitored closely by people with diabetes, but could it be relevant in other areas of health? A new mouse study suggests that dietary glycemic index could have a significant impact on autism spectrum disorder symptoms.

13 May 2015 - ScienceDaily - The infant gut microbiome: New studies on its origins and how it's knocked out of balance

Date: 13/05/2015

A fecal sample analysis of 98 Swedish infants over the first year of life found a connection between the development of a child's gut microbiome and the way he or she is delivered. Babies born via C-section had gut bacteria that showed significantly less resemblance to their mothers compared to those that were delivered vaginally.

11 May 2015 - BBC Radio 4 - Gut microbes important for dietary health

Date: 11/05/2015

Modern diets of highly processed and limited varieties of ingredients – in particular fast foods – are thought to be killing off some species of gut bacteria that keep us healthy.

04 May 2015 - Eurekalert - Nanoparticles in consumer products can significantly alter normal gut microbiome

Date: 04/05/2015

Exposure of a model human colon to metal oxide nanoparticles, at levels that could be present in foods, consumer goods, or treated drinking water, led to multiple, measurable differences in the normal microbial community that inhabits the human gut.

Early Exposure to Antibiotics Linked With Obesity

Date: 28/04/2015

Antibiotic exposure early in life is strongly linked with an increased risk of childhood obesity, according to results from a large, retrospective, longitudinal cohort study.

16 April 2015 - MedicalXpress - Western lifestyle may limit the diversity of bacteria in the gut

Date: 16/04/2015

Bacteria that naturally reside in the gut are important for health, but recent studies consistently show that a modern lifestyle depletes the gut's collection of microbes.

Artificial Sweeteners May Change Our Gut Bacteria in Dangerous Ways

Date: 01/04/2015

Substances such as saccharin may alter the type of bacteria inside us, could lead to obesity

31 March 2015 - MedicalXpress - Understanding fish oil benefits during pregnancy

Date: 31/03/2015

A study by University of Western Australia has advanced understanding of why children whose mothers take fish oil supplements during pregnancy have greater health benefits.

25 March 2015 - MNT - Father inspired after child's autism improved by course of antibiotic

Date: 25/03/2015

A parent has been prompted to investigate the connections between gut bacteria and autism following surprising improvements in his son's autism while taking an antibiotic for strep throat.

22 March 2015 - ScienceDaily - Special microbes make anti-obesity molecule in the gut

Date: 22/03/2015

Microbes may just be the next diet craze. Researchers have programmed bacteria to generate a molecule that, through normal metabolism, becomes a hunger-suppressing lipid.

21 February 2015 - MIA - “Transformational” Breakthroughs In Our Understandings of Nutrition and Brain Health

Date: 21/02/2015

"We live in a transformational moment for understanding the etiology of mental disorders," stated a team of researchers led by MIA Blogger Bonnie Kaplan of the University of Calgary publishing in Clinical Psychological Science.

05 February 2015 - ScienceDaily - Another breastfeeding benefit: Preparing baby's belly for solid food

Date: 05/02/2015

Researchers found that a baby’s diet during the first few months of life has a profound influence on the composition, diversity, and stability of the gut microbiome. These factors influence the baby’s ability to transition from milk to solid foods and may have long-term health effects.

23 January 2015 - Medical News Today - You are what you eat - how gut bacteria affect brain health

Date: 23/01/2015

The hundred trillion bacteria living in an adult human-mostly in the intestines, making up the gut microbiome-have a significant impact on behavior and brain health.

13 January 2015 - Nutraingredients - Early human microbiome studies may aid modern nutrition science

Date: 13/01/2015

A better understanding of the ancient human microbiome could contribute to a better understanding of health and nutrition today, say researchers.

08 January 2015 - Science Daily - Could gut microbes help treat brain disorders? Mounting research tightens their connection with the brain

Date: 08/01/2015

The community of microbes that inhabits the body, known as the microbiome, has a powerful influence on the brain and may offer a pathway to new therapies for psychiatric and neurological disorders, according to researchers.