Blog Archives: 2022 | Nutri-Link UK

Leveraging diet to engineer the gut microbiome to manage inflammation

The gut microbiome, i.e., the community of bacteria and other microorganisms living in the human gut, has been implicated both directly and indirectly (mediating the effects of diet) on human health. Differences in gut microbiome composition and function have been associated with a variety of chronic diseases ranging from gastrointestinal inflammatory and metabolic conditions to neurological, autoimmunity, cardiovascular, and respiratory illnesses[1]. Headline Takeaways Gut microbiome composition...

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Food As Medicine

An article in Nature Medicine out in October 2022 sets out some of the developing understanding of using food as medicine[1]. Whilst for those practitioners already immersed in this strategic use it seems obvious, it is important to remember that many practitioners are not. In turn, many people and rather depressingly most government ministers are comfortable with the benign approach to food as energy/profit only. The authors of this paper identify two important areas (in their opinion) that need...

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Collagen

Collagen, an important protein produced by the body, is the main structural protein found in the skin, tendon, and bone. The word collagen originates from the Greek word “kola” meaning gum and “gen” meaning producing. Collagen is considered one of the most useful biomaterials, due to its low immunogenicity and high biocompatibility. According to some research, nearly a third of the proteins in humans and other mammals are composed of 28 different types of collagen, from type I collagen, which is...

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Blood Sugar and Metabolism

Recent articles in various journals have highlighted the challenge mere mortals have matching their metabolic needs with the foods they trust and like. When to eat In September 2022, a study from the University of Aberdeen, published in the journal Cell Metabolism, caused a stir by potentially dispelling a food timing myth[1]. It looked at the time of day people ate and whether it had any impact on metabolism and weight management. You see, Back in 2013 another study found that calories ingested...

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Anxiety and Depression is a ‘Thing’

Reading the press, listening to the radio, or sourcing information from journals or other sources such as social media, it is hard to miss the changes in emotional strength that are being reported on. However one chooses to place the rising rate of emotional dysfunction, there is an expanded need being met by a diminished process of support. Friendships, family and professionals are all stretched and cannot, it seems, easily meet the growing need. Research shows that: In any given week in England...

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Vitamin C and some of its remarkable benefits

Vitamin C (or L-ascorbic acid, hereafter referred to as VitC) is a nutrient with a six-carbon structure, synthesised from glucose, abundant in fruits, vegetables and the kidney and liver of most animals. VitC is a potent water-soluble antioxidant that is produced in most mammals but is not endogenously synthesised in humans, who lack enzymes for its synthesis.[1] Hence we need to consume it to avoid deficiency-related diseases. Many animals can synthesise their own vitamin C. The researchers Axel...

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Specialist Probiotics & Fat-Soluble Vitamins

It seems that these two long-standing areas of oral intervention in nutritional therapy and related clinical management are experiencing an ongoing and much-welcomed update in terms of application and use. Specialist Probiotics Probiotics are steadily evolving their application into specific clinical needs with recognised genera and strains (such as Akkermansia muciniphila), as opposed to their more familiar, nonspecific ecologic application. Research papers continue to show a steady progression...

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Akkermansia to the rescue

The connection between gut microbiota and human health is well recognised and described, yet areas of uncertainty remain. This ultimate collaboration on human health has helped scientists to explain the essential mutual dependence between humans and their gut bacteria. Gut microbiota can be choreographed through passive or active strategies. The former includes hygiene, diet, lifestyle, and environment, while the latter comprises antibiotics, pre- and probiotics. In addition, dietary constituents...

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What the Bs can do

B Vitamins make headlines from time to time, some positive and others less so. This is a short review of the key role they play in brain and immune health. Anxiety management A July 22 paper in the Journal of Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental[1]. Identified a mechanism with beneficial outcomes in the use of B6 for the reduction in anxiety, after analysing almost 500 young people over 5 years with self-reported anxiety and depression. Such an influence can be explained because, in...

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Normal, Nostalgia & the importance of Circadian Clocks

“Nostalgia” was first identified in 1688 by Swiss physician Johannes Hofer who recorded the impact of nostos (homecoming) and algia (pain) on Swiss soldiers abroad. He mused that nostalgia is part of what it means to be “modern”. No longer recognised as a medical diagnosis, this gnawing feeling of loss (often exaggerated by those who seek to politicise it) speaks to a world of rapid transformation and the severing of settled identities. It can be seen as collective or personal, reflecting a societal...

Leveraging diet to engineer the gut microbiome to manage inflammation

Food As Medicine

Collagen

Blood Sugar and Metabolism

Anxiety and Depression is a ‘Thing’

Vitamin C and some of its remarkable benefits

Specialist Probiotics & Fat-Soluble Vitamins

Akkermansia to the rescue

What the Bs can do

Normal, Nostalgia & the importance of Circadian Clocks

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