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B. longum 1714 and Sleep: Clinical Data Review

B. longum 1714 and Sleep: Clinical Data Review

Here’s the short answer: B. longum 1714 may help some people feel like they sleep better, but the human data is still small and the effects look modest. If I...

B. longum 1714 and Sleep: Clinical Data Review

Here’s the short answer: B. longum 1714 may help some people feel like they sleep better, but the human data is still small and the effects look modest. If I...

How Gut Microbes Train Immune Tolerance

How Gut Microbes Train Immune Tolerance

Your gut microbes help teach your immune system when to stay calm and when to fight. When this system works well, your body is less likely to overreact to food,...

How Gut Microbes Train Immune Tolerance

Your gut microbes help teach your immune system when to stay calm and when to fight. When this system works well, your body is less likely to overreact to food,...

IBD, Antibiotics, and Microbiome Reset Studies

IBD, Antibiotics, and Microbiome Reset Studies

Antibiotics can help treat infections, but they can also disrupt the gut in ways that matter for IBD. In the research covered here, antibiotic exposure is linked with about 52%...

IBD, Antibiotics, and Microbiome Reset Studies

Antibiotics can help treat infections, but they can also disrupt the gut in ways that matter for IBD. In the research covered here, antibiotic exposure is linked with about 52%...

Prebiotics, Probiotics, Postbiotics in IBD Care

Prebiotics, Probiotics, Postbiotics in IBD Care

If I have IBD, the short answer is this: these products do different jobs, and the best fit depends on UC vs. Crohn’s vs. pouchitis, flare vs. remission, and how...

Prebiotics, Probiotics, Postbiotics in IBD Care

If I have IBD, the short answer is this: these products do different jobs, and the best fit depends on UC vs. Crohn’s vs. pouchitis, flare vs. remission, and how...

Psychobiotics and Sleep Quality: Study Roundup

Psychobiotics and Sleep Quality: Study Roundup

Here’s the short answer: psychobiotics may help sleep, but the effect is usually small, strain-specific, and more clear on self-reported sleep scores than on device-based sleep data. When I look...

Psychobiotics and Sleep Quality: Study Roundup

Here’s the short answer: psychobiotics may help sleep, but the effect is usually small, strain-specific, and more clear on self-reported sleep scores than on device-based sleep data. When I look...

Air Pollution and Gut Barrier Damage: Guide

Air Pollution and Gut Barrier Damage: Guide

Air pollution can affect your gut, not just your lungs. If you breathe traffic fumes, wildfire smoke, cooking smoke, or dust, some of those particles can end up in your...

Air Pollution and Gut Barrier Damage: Guide

Air pollution can affect your gut, not just your lungs. If you breathe traffic fumes, wildfire smoke, cooking smoke, or dust, some of those particles can end up in your...