Researchers from the University of Wisconsin – Madison evaluated whether one simple addition to the diet – one handful-a-day of sweetened dried cranberries – could positively influence the gut microbiome. Given the emerging knowledge that many biological functions, including immunity and disease-fighting capabilities, depend on a healthy gut microbiome, the authors of the study published… Continue reading Dried Cranberries May Have a Positive Effect on Gut Health
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“Ridiculously Healthy” Elderly Have the Same Gut Microbiome as Healthy 30-Year-Olds
In one of the largest microbiota studies conducted in humans, researchers at the University of Western Ontario and Lawson Health Research Institute in Ontario, Canada, and Tianyi Health Science Institute in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China have shown a potential link between healthy aging and a healthy gut. A release from the University of Western Ontario explains… Continue reading “Ridiculously Healthy” Elderly Have the Same Gut Microbiome as Healthy 30-Year-Olds
Cranberries May Aid the Gut Microbiome
Nutritional microbiologist David Sela at the University of Massachusetts Amherst says that many scientists are paying new attention to prebiotics — that is, molecules we eat but cannot digest — because some may promote the growth and health of beneficial microorganisms in our intestines. In a 2017 study, he and colleagues report the first evidence… Continue reading Cranberries May Aid the Gut Microbiome