[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Probiotics Help Marathoners Go the Distance Like most exercise, running is good for your microbes. However, a marathon (26.219 miles) can be an extreme challenge leading to gut dysbiosis, immunosuppression and respiratory problems. Clearly, care of a healthy gut microbiome is vital for an athlete’s health, training and performance.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Although high blood sugar is never good, it’s especially harmful during pregnancy. When glucose intolerance appears for the first time in pregnancy, it is called gestational diabetes mellitus. Public health officials are worried. Parallel to obesity, gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) rates are rising across the globe, affecting as many as...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As obesity reaches epidemic numbers, our hard-working livers are suffering. This amazing organ is a multitasker par excellence: It detoxifies, builds proteins, and is crucial to metabolism. The burden of obesity complicates its job. And drugs and alcohol are no friends to our livers either. Researchers have begun unravelling the...
Note: The views and opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and contributor(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the publisher and editors of WholeFoods Magazine. Children puffing on inhalers are a common sight these days, as air pollution spreads unabated across the globe. The World Health Organization reports that...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Yogurt, tangy in taste and creamy of texture, wasn’t always this delicious. The magic of fermentation transforms milk of any mammal, a biochemical trick that not only charms the taste buds but prolongs shelf-life too. Fermentation also packs a nutritional punch, boosting vitamins and creating lively colonies of beneficial organisms.
By Clare Fleishman, MS, RD The human papillomavirus (HPV) is not shy. Most sexually active people will host HPV sometime in their lives. As with other viral infections like the cold and flu, HPV is cleared by the body’s immune system. More than 90% disappear within 2 years. HPV and...
The guy in the middle seat coughs and sneezes as you shiver in the icy airplane cabin. Just an allergy he reassures, you won’t catch it. Still, whether it's an allergy or summer cold, the body’s hard-working respiratory system gets no vacation. Our microbes figure prominently in shoring up respiratory...
Speak with one voice at an international level As a member of the International Probiotics Association (IPA), you will be able to have your opinions represented through the activities organized by the IPA which target a wide audience, including global institutions, scientific communities, consumer associations but also national authorities,...
The International Probiotics Association (IPA) (1) and the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) (2) support and encourage responsible production and marketing of dietary supplements and functional foods that contain probiotics. Therefore, IPA and CRN have developed scientifically-based voluntary guidelines that address labeling, stability testing, and storage recommendations for probiotic-containing...
Pregnant women want the best for their babies: no more alcohol, tobacco or other harmful substances. Healthy meals and exercise are a given. When it comes to supplements however, recommendations and usage are not so clear. Sure, most women choke down the horse tablet called a prenatal vitamin, but with...
