One very common bacterium found in the gut, E. coli, has acquired one eighth of its genome through horizontal gene...
Research has found that lean people have a different kind of gut bacteria compared to obese people. What does your...
This week, Body Ecology launched the first-ever Healthy Gut Summit. Josh Axe, who is on the panel of experts at...
Have you heard of BPA—otherwise known as bisphenol A? Prenatal exposure to BPA is associated with breast cancer and prostate...
At first, farmers gave antibiotics to their livestock to keep them healthy. But then they noticed something strange—their cows, pigs,...
When you began eating more cultured vegetables, did you lose weight? Can Fermented Foods Help You Lose Weight? Eating cultured...
Some kinds of exercise are especially effective at helping you cleanse. For example, it’s important to exercise the lymph system...
How much weight do we really gain around the holidays (and do we even want to know)? Controlling sugar cravings...
Let's chat about weight loss and probiotics. It began with two mice—one skinny, one overweight. Scientists moved the gut bacteria...
Sugar addiction usually begins with casual or social use—sweet treats over the holidays, cake served at a birthday party, or...
When you eat like a caveman, you get rid of foods that challenge the immune system—like wheat gluten and milk...
Hashimoto’s disease isn’t just a name we use to describe hypothyroidism, or an underactive thyroid. Women, especially after pregnancy and...
Oxidative stress in the liver makes it easier to put on extra weight. If you would like to lose weight,...
Men with low levels of testosterone are more likely to feel depressed, have trouble concentrating, and develop belly fat. Testosterone...
If you pinch the skin of your arm, the flesh between your fingers is subcutaneous fat, found underneath the skin....
