Acne strikes just when clear skin is most coveted: the teen years when dating begins. Pimples are a normal rite of passage, some say, but a look across the globe disputes that. In a new book titled 10% Human: How Your Body’s Microbes Hold the Key to Health and Happiness, author Alanna Collen writes that […]
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Stool Supplies for Fecal Transplants
The success of fecal transplant in treating certain infections including the deadly Clostridium difficile is approaching 100%. As was reported in an earlier IPA blog, stool from healthy people is delivered to the intestines of the sick, either through an enema or via a tube inserted into the nose. A recent study from the Netherlands […]
Allicin’s A Wonderland in Garlic
Garlic may prevent more than successful social interaction. Long considered of benefit in atherosclerosis, scientists now think they may know one reason why. Garlic contains a secret weapon in its phytochemical called allicin. It is an antimicrobial. It fights the formation of substances called trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) which promotes the narrowing of arteries. In […]
Allicin's A Wonderland in Garlic
Garlic may prevent more than successful social interaction. Long considered of benefit in atherosclerosis, scientists now think they may know one reason why. Garlic contains a secret weapon in its phytochemical called allicin. It is an antimicrobial. It fights the formation of substances called trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) which promotes the narrowing of arteries. In […]
Breastfeed Your Babies
Imagine an app that creates perfectly balanced meals with all the right nutrients for optimum health and delivers not only on-demand but also absolutely free. Utopian dream, right? Not exactly, for such a system already exists–in breast milk. But why do so many reject this biological treasure in favor of a bottle? Drug addiction and […]
Probiotics: A Need in Developing Countries
A collaborative paper from scientists in Libya and the United States describes the potential roles for probiotic use in developing countries. Mohamed Hadi Nahaisi, Shreeya Ravisankar and Giuliana D Noratto published Probiotics as a Strategy to Improve Overall Human Health in Developing Countries in Journal of Probiotics & Health in September of 2014. Foremost on […]