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Immunometabolism – Nutrition is Key
Immune Health Metabolism

Immunometabolism – Nutrition is Key

Disrupted immunometabolism: The hidden culprit behind complex health issues Nutrition plays a critical role in maintaining a healthy and properly functioning immune system. The complex relationship between diet, nutrients, and immunity has significant implications for preventing and managing various diseases, from infections to chronic conditions like diabetes and cancer. Impact of micronutrients on immune function Micronutrients such as vitamins A, C, D, E, B6, B12, folate, and minerals like zinc...
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Focus on Leaky Gut
Immune Health Digestive Health

Focus on Leaky Gut

From ancient Ayurvedic practices to the teachings of Hippocrates, the foundational belief in medicine has always posited that the gut is central to health and disease. It is only in recent times that Western medicine has recognised gut-barrier dysfunction as a pathological phenomenon that is pivotal not just for digestive health but also for chronic allergic, inflammatory, and autoimmune diseases. Understanding the Gut Barrier's Role in Health and Disease The gut barrier, comprising the human body’s...
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Leveraging diet to engineer the gut microbiome to manage inflammation
Immune Health Digestive Health Probiotics

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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The Guts of Health
Immune Health Digestive Health Diets

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...
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