Chronic bowel diseases are a multifactorial phenomenon ranging from psychological components to severe inflammatory damage to the intestinal mucosa and disorders of the intestinal microbiome. The therapeutic approaches are correspondingly diverse, and satisfactory concepts are still lacking. CBD could represent…
The Inner Clock is Connected to Digestion
Long journeys and shift work can cause quite a disruption in our day/night/rhythm. A disturbance of the internal clock leads to physiological stress and can especially affect the intestinal flora. Obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases or an increased risk of infection…
Increased Intestinal Bacteria Leads to Better Health
Persons with a low bacterial diversity in the intestine are often obese and bear an increased risk for the development of obesity-associated concomitant diseases, according to French study. A further study showed that a low bacterial diversity in the stool…
The Microbiome – Signaling the Diet of the Future?
We make important decisions from the gut, because we “trust” our gut feeling. Stomach and intestines are considered our second brain, and not only because of the gut feeling. The “microbiome-intestinal-brain axis” is responsible for this phenomenon. New in this…
