By Satya S. Jonnalagadda, PhD, MBA, RDN, Vice President, Scientific and Clinical Affairs, Medifast Inc. Nutrient Intake and Bioaccessibility/Bioavailability “We are what we eat.” Our bodies transform and are transformed by the components in the food, beverages and dietary supplements we consume. As the field of pre-, pro-, syn-, post-biotics and gut microbiome continues to advance, […]
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Do we understand the role of microbiota and probiotics in allergic diseases?
By Mariya Petrova, – PhD, Senior Scientific Educator and Senior Scientists, Winclove Probiotics As the season of allergies slowly starts with the first spring blooms, one can wonder if we understand these events better. Only a handful of people will associate sneezing and red itchy eyes with the microbiome and will look for probiotic alternatives. […]
IPA Response to Recent Washington Post Article
Thank you to our critical response team at the IPA SC for their contribution to the Washington Post article published yesterday. Attached is the final document [also below in full text] that our critical response team worked on which will be disseminated on our platforms and in the media. Please share this within your companies internally as needed and […]
Will ChatGPT write the next IPA blog?….
By Arthur C. Ouwehand – Global Health Nutrition Sciences, International Flavors & Fragrances, 02460 Kantvik, Finland …With that, I could end this blog. But it would be 499 words short of the target length. So, let’s rephrase the question. What can generative Artificial Intelligence (AI; e.g. ChatGPT) do for probiotic science? The strength of generative […]
Our Biology has been Shaped by Bacteria
by Ines Martinez,Head of Probiotic R&D team – SACCO Bacteria have inhabited our planet for 3.5 billion years, this was a long time before eukaryotic life emerged in our planet approximately 2.7 billion years ago. In short, we have evolved in a bacterial world, thus every aspect of our biology has been shaped in the […]
“Probiowhatics”: New Webinar from IPA & The Gut Stuff
The International Probiotics Association, in special collaboration with The Gut Stuff, recently hosted “Probiowhatics?” — a webinar with a panel of probiotic experts and influencers. Lisa MacFarlane, co-founder with her twin sister Alana Macfarlane Kempner of The Gut Stuff, introduced the sessions with George Paraskevakos, Executive Director of IPA. “Probiowhatics” speakers Anthony Thomas, Ph.D., Director […]