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1,000-year-old Mesoamerican mummy from Mexico reveals ancient human gut microbiome  Archaeology News Online Magazine 1,000-year-old gut microbiome revealed for young man who lived in pre-Hispanic Mexico  Phys.org What Was Found Inside a 1,000-Year-Old Pre-Hispanic Gut Left Scientists Speechless!  Indian Defence Review A 1,000-Year-Old Mesoamerican Mummy Reveals an Ancient Man’s Microbiome  Discover Magazine 1,000-year-old Mexican mummy’s gut unveils surprising ancient microbial world  Interesting Engineering Source link

What a gut microbiome scientist wants you to eat every day  The Washington Post Source link

Maria Branyas, 117, gut microbiome linked to yogurt & diet | The Jerusalem Post Jerusalem Post/Health & Wellness A study in Cell Reports Medicine found her intestine strikingly rich in Bifidobacterium and biologically as young as that of a middle-aged adult. Maria Branyas Morera’s 117-year life gifts science her youthful gut microbiome linked to daily yogurt and Mediterranean diet. (photo …

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Summary: A new study shows that sugary drinks don’t just affect physical health—they may also raise the risk of depression in women by disrupting the gut microbiome. Researchers found that high consumption of soft drinks was linked to both a greater likelihood of major depressive disorder and more severe symptoms, particularly among women. The effect appears tied to an increase …

Mouse studies Animal studies followed protocols approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of the University of California, Irvine (AUP-22-121). Male C57BL/6 mice (8 weeks old) were purchased from Jackson Laboratory. The duration of each experiment (for example, diet feeding) is indicated in the figure legends. In this study, only males were used because MASLD is more prevalent in …

Photo by Alex Lvrs (cropped) The blood pressure lowering effect of nitrate-rich beetroot juice in older people may be due to specific changes in their oral microbiome, according to the largest study of its kind. Researchers at the University of Exeter in England conducted the study which was published in the journal Free Radical Biology and Medicine. It followed previous …

Thompson, L. R. et al. A communal catalogue reveals Earth’s multiscale microbial diversity. Nature 551, 457–463 (2017). ADS  Google Scholar  Bar-On, Y. M., Phillips, R. & Milo, R. The biomass distribution on Earth. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 115, 6506–6511 (2018). ADS  Google Scholar  Vandenkoornhuyse, P., Quaiser, A., Duhamel, M., Le Van, A. & Dufresne, A. The importance of the …

Take a stroll through the supermarket and you’ll find plenty of products stuffed with ‘friendly bacteria.’ Bacteria – the good guys! Chug them down and they’ll help to look after you. We’re used to the idea that our guts are teeming with microbes and that they can be topped up with fancy yoghurts. We give the bacteria somewhere to live …

People with hypothyroidism show significantly higher levels of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) and key bacterial distinctions than those without the thyroid condition, according to results of a study.  “[The research] supports the idea that improving gut health could have far-reaching effects beyond digestion, possibly even helping to prevent autoimmune diseases, such as Hashimoto thyroiditis,” said senior author Ruchi Mathur, …