Diabetes is a group of diseases affecting how the body uses blood sugar (glucose). Glucose is a critical energy source for our muscles, tissues, and brain.... Read More
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Are Your Probiotics Safe?
The “good” bacteria may support your immune function and control inflammation. Some bacteria types may also help you to digest food, create vitamins, keep bad bacteria from getting out of control, and break down and absorb medicines. Finally, probiotics help support the cells lining your gut, preventing bad bacteria from entering your blood.... Read More
A Psychobiotic Diet Drops Stress
The gut microbiome — the microbe community in the gastrointestinal tract — influences immunity and metabolism. This essential organ of microorganisms contains up to 1,000 species and 100 trillion organisms, encoding 100-times more unique genomes than our own.... Read More
Lift Less to Gain Muscle?
“Champions aren’t made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them — a desire, a dream, a vision.” – Muhammad Ali.... Read More
Red Meat and Health
That lean ground beef contains 43 percent of the Daily Value (DV) of zinc. Zinc is essential for brain function, nerve tissue health, and red blood cell production. Zinc also supports our immune system.... Read More
Why Cancer Spreads
Circulating tumor cells can acquire the ability to penetrate the walls of lymph or blood vessels. The tumor cells can then circulate throughout the bloodstream to other body sites.... Read More