Probiotics

Regulating intestinal bacteria helps improve an individual’s stress status : that’s the conclusion reached recently by researchers from Shanghai University (1) following detailed examination of 21 scientific studies. How are intestinal microbiota and anxiety linked? Anxiety is one of the most common symptoms of mental disease. A number of studies...

Dysbiosis is a term for microbial imbalance, usually of the intestinal microbiota or gut flora. This microbiota helps the body function properly, supporting the body’s digestive health and defences. Unfortunately, the equilibrium of this microbiota is subject on a daily basis to disruption by pathogens. A significant influx of pathogenic...

Scientists have made a major discovery in the fight against obesity and its harmful effects. Published in 2017 in the prestigious FASEB Journal 1 , their study revealed the benefits of combining anthocyanins, natural pigments with antioxidant potency, with prebiotics, substances known for their ability to maintain balance in intestinal...

Probiotics to combat mood disorders? You may find such a notion hard to believe but a brand new study has just shown that our gut flora communicates with our brains in unexpected ways. We already knew that bacteria were able to ‘converse’ with the brain by producing the same neurotransmitters...

A poorly-maintained digestive tract, populated with opportunistic pathogenic bacteria and fungi (particularly Candida albicans ), and polluted with badly-digested food, is at risk of becoming blocked by disgusting and toxic faecal matter . This phenomenon is a factor in health imbalances and problems of varying degrees of seriousness. In particular,...