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Lifestyle factors for the prevention and care of people with inflammatory bowel disease

Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) are chronic inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) typically featuring chronic diarrhoea (with or without bleeding), abdominal pain, and weight loss. These affect an estimated 3.1 million adults in the USA and another 1.3 million in Europe[1],[2]. Globally, the incidence of IBD is increasing, particularly in newly industrialised countries[3]. These diseases are characterised by chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. However, other symptoms...

The Guts of Health

Our digestive tract is a repository for a multitude of information processing cells, some of which are human and others not. Harbouring a diverse population of organisms in the human gut, including bacteria, fungi, viruses and sometimes parasites, means they interact with each other and with the immune system. In the last few years next-generation sequencing (NGS) techniques have revealed that the genes of gut microbes outnumber human genes by ~150- fold and that the gut microbiota displays unique...

‘Nostalgia’ is a Problem

Looking back to a different time, a better time, is a common occurrence. It’s very likely that you have engaged in reflective thoughts and conjured up happier times and longed for their return? Personal warm and fuzzy memories are generally benign, help to pass the day and induce a sense of historical experiential peacefulness. When Nostalgia is a Problem On a less benign front, the nostalgia for a time when the earth’s resources including minerals, carbon, and animals could be extracted and used...

Lifestyle factors for the prevention and care of people with inflammatory bowel disease

The Guts of Health

‘Nostalgia’ is a Problem

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