Nature volume 505, pages 559–563 (23 January 2014) Abstract Long-term dietary intake influences the structure and activity of the trillions of microorganisms residing in the human gut1,2,3,4,5, but it remains unclear how rapidly and reproducibly the human gut microbiome responds to short-term macronutrient change. Here we show that the short-term consumption of diets composed entirely…

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Published in the American Society For Microbiology Dec 2017 The mammalian gut harbors a dense and vastly diverse microbial community, known as the microbiome. The majority of human microbiome studies have primarily focused on bacterial organisms, with less focus on fungi in this population. While the fact that commensal fungal species live within and on…

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Iowa State University. “Lack of sleep intensifies anger, impairs adaptation to frustrating circumstances.” AMES, Iowa – Losing just a couple hours of sleep at night makes you angrier, especially in frustrating situations, according to new Iowa State University research. While the results may seem intuitive, the study is one of the first to provide evidence…

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nutres.2007.04.006 Abstract Iron and zinc deficiencies are the most common nutritional deficiencies worldwide. Combined zinc and iron supplementation are one of the strategies used to prevent these deficiencies. Zinc has an inhibitory effect on iron absorption. The objective of the study was to determine the duration of the inhibitory effect of zinc on iron absorption.…

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10.1186/s13229-017-0125-0 The discovery provides further evidence of the crucial role vitamin D plays in brain development, said lead researcher Professor Darryl Eyles, from UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute. “Our study used the most widely accepted developmental model of autism in which affected mice behave abnormally and show deficits in social interaction, basic learning and stereotyped behaviours,”…

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https://doi.org/10.3389/fnmol.2018.00405  A new study lifts the lid on the zinc-autism connection. Earlier research indicated an association between zinc and autism. However, until now, understanding the connection has been challenging. A new study, published in Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, suggests that a zinc deficiency in early childhood may contribute to autism. Autism, or autism spectrum disorder,…

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Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 46, Issue Supplement_2, 1 February 2008, Pages S96–S100, https://doi.org/10.1086/523333 Probiotic bacteria are used to treat or prevent a broad range of human diseases, conditions, and syndromes. In addition, there are areas of medical use that have been proposed for future probiotic applications. Randomized double-blind studies have provided evidence of probiotic effectiveness…

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DOI: 10.1038/s41564-018-0257-9 Abstract To minimize the impact of antibiotics, gut microorganisms harbour and exchange antibiotics resistance genes, collectively called their resistome. Using shotgun sequencing-based metagenomics, we analyzed the partial eradication and subsequent regrowth of the gut microbiota in 12 healthy men over a 6-month period following a 4-day intervention with a cocktail of 3 last-…

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