What is Zoe? We try the nutritional testing kit that checks blood sugar levels and microbiome health, and the accompanying app

Zoe has around 130,000 subscribers and has 597,000 followers on the social media platform Instagram. The CGM is similar to that diabetics use to monitor their blood sugar levels. You wear it for two weeks to get a good cross-section of results, which the Zoe app then uses to recommend certain foods that will give … Read more

A new frontier in disease management and cancer treatment

This is evident from a recent study published in Nature’s Signal transduction and targeted therapyscientists have assessed the therapeutic potential and molecular mechanisms by which nutritional interventions influence a wide range of human diseases, such as cardiovascular, autoimmune, neurodegenerative and metabolic diseases, as well as cancer. Study: Effects of nutritional intervention on human diseases: molecular … Read more

How dietary restrictions, including intermittent fasting, affect the gut microbiota and overall human health

In a recent review published in Nutrients, researchers assessed preclinical and clinical data to analyze gut microbial changes in different nutritional conditions. Study: The beneficial effects of nutritional interventions on the gut microbiota: a current critical review and future perspectives. Image credits: LightField Studios/Shutterstock.com Background Intermittent fasting (IF), a popular nutritional intervention, has been investigated … Read more

Simple intervention with bean diet shows significant prebiotic effects

A new study in eBioMedicine examined the impact of including canned navy beans in the regular diet for eight weeks. This study focused on how such dietary change affects the gut microbiota, as well as circulating markers and metabolites, in obese individuals with a history of colorectal neoplasia and precancerous polyps. The study also included … Read more