The food you eat can directly affect your brain function, according to a new study conducted by researchers from the University of California-Los Angeles and published in the journal Gastroenterology. The study found that women who ate probiotic-rich yogurt showed changes in brain activity, connectivity and engagement. "Many of us have a container of yogurt in … Continue reading Dietary probiotics modulate brain function, study proves
The Secret Health Benefits of Probiotics for Women
Source: The Secret Health Benefits of Probiotics for Women by Dr. Edward Group Appreciation for the role probiotic bacteria play in promoting good health has reached the mainstream, and now more people than ever before are taking notice. Whether they’re reaching for yogurt or kombucha or popping a probiotic supplement, it’s almost basic knowledge that probiotics offer … Continue reading The Secret Health Benefits of Probiotics for Women
Lactobacillus rhamnosus: A Healthy Probiotic Strain
Source: Lactobacillus rhamnosus: A Healthy Probiotic Strain by Dr. Edward Group If you’re familiar with probiotics, you may also be familiar with the fact that there are many different strains of beneficial bacteria. One strain, Lactobacillus rhamnosus, may not be one you’re as familiar with, but it still holds some very impressive health benefits. This strain, among … Continue reading Lactobacillus rhamnosus: A Healthy Probiotic Strain
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Yeast Infections
Source: 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Yeast Infections by Dr. Edward Group It’s hard to live in a living world without some living organisms taking residence on or inside of your body. It might not be the most pleasant idea, but everyone is carrying bugs of some sort. Harmful organisms in the intestines and bacteria … Continue reading 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Yeast Infections
Yeast Infection and Bacterial Vaginosis
Source: Yeast Infection and Bacterial Vaginosis by Dr. Edward Group Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is the most common type of vaginal infection, followed by yeast infections. The primary causes of infections are bacterial imbalance – namely an excess of harmful bacteria – or Candida. Both conditions can lead to an unpleasant set of symptoms, including an unusual … Continue reading Yeast Infection and Bacterial Vaginosis
The Health Benefits of Probiotics
Source: The Health Benefits of Probiotics by Dr. Edward Group Repeatedly demonstrated to aid gastrointestinal health in the human body, acidophilus and other probiotics are key elements of our overall health and well being. This is particularly true when we consider that many of our common-day chronic ailments begin in the digestive system. It is also true … Continue reading The Health Benefits of Probiotics
The benefits of Probiotics
The word "bacteria" certainly doesn't have a pleasant ring to it. It calls to mind pictures of uncleanliness and disease. And if something called E. coli can cause outbreaks every now and then, we may never get beyond our initial perception of bacteria being harmful. Nevertheless, despite our childhood prejudices brought about by our parents' … Continue reading The benefits of Probiotics
Study: Probiotics help protect gut from radiation damage
Cancer patients undergoing radiation treatments or individuals looking to protect themselves against general radiation damage can look to probiotics for help, according to a new study. Researchers from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Mo., have found that radiation therapy patients who take probiotics prior to getting blasted can gain intestinal radioprotective … Continue reading Study: Probiotics help protect gut from radiation damage
Treat ulcers with probiotics, not antibiotics
Ulcers caused by the Helicobacter pylori bacterial strain may be more effectively treated by beneficial probiotics rather than by conventional antibiotics, according to a new study published in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Researchers from Spain say that probiotic strains like Bifidobacterium have an incredible success rate in fighting inflammatory bowel diseases like ulcers. The team conducted … Continue reading Treat ulcers with probiotics, not antibiotics
The gut strongly influences both physical and mental health
Over the past few years, a few pioneers of western medicine have connected most health problems to an unhealthy gastro-intestinal (GI) tract. Hippocrates proclaimed all disease begins in the gut. Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine has known this for thousands of years. Most of mainstream modern medicine has yet to accept recent rediscoveries of this fact. … Continue reading The gut strongly influences both physical and mental health
Dr. Eddy Bettermann MD 