Missed the IPA workshop in Washington, DC? No worries. Stephen Daniells recapped the event: 13 things we learned from the IPA’s DC Workshop appears on Nutraingredients website and includes our well-travelled executive director George Paraskevakos. Daniells reports: “From market sizing to the positions from FDA and FTC on NDIs and claims substantiation, the International Probiotic Association’s DC workshop succeeded […]
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Elsbeth Pekelharing MSc: Improving Gut Barriers with Probiotics
As the largest surface in our body separating us from the outside world, the gut epithelium has no easy task. This barrier protects our microbes and cells while allowing nutrients and water to get in. Talk about building a wall. The wall can be breached, leading to a cascade of problems involving microbes in a mess […]
Probiotics in Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea: Lynne McFarland PhD Advises
When antibiotics cause infectious diarrhea (AAD)—commonly from Clostridium difficile (CDI)– the offending agent is switched. Data on effective medications as well as on probiotic therapies is growing but most studies deal with adults. Children are not little adults. A recent literature review encompassing nearly 4 decades revealed disparities: Overall Children are affected faster, but have a […]
John Hale Speaks on Oral Microbes
When it comes to microbes in the mouth, John Hale has a lot to say. The R & D manager from BLIS Technologies explained to a packed house at Global Engage 2016 conference how the dominant oral microbe Streptococcus salivarius is capable of driving big benefits for health. In addition to dental caries, halitosis, and […]
Novel Microbe Targeted in Obesity: Patrice Cani PhD Reports to IPA
Among thousands of weight loss strategies–mostly futile–microbes offer hope. Solid research supports the role of gut microbes in the inflammation, fat metabolism and metabolic disorders linked to obesity. Patrice Cani PhD of Brussels, Belgium shared his research on a novel new target last month at the 2016 Probiotics Symposium at Harvard. Prior studies revealed that abundance of Akkermansia muciniphila, a […]