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Network marketing giant Amway has deepened its partnership with biological research firm Microbiome Insights with the release of the largest study yet to look at factors influencing skin and oral microbiome diversity.
Researchers in Germany reported that intake of a specific collagen peptide commercialized by German gelatin maker Gelita was associated with improvements in sports-related activities among individuals with chronic ankle instability.
Extracts of grasshoppers, silkworm, and crickets top the insect antioxidant-rich list, scientists say as a study demonstrates these insects’ antioxidant capacity to be five-fold higher than fresh orange juice (OJ).
A new therapeutic food designed to repair the gut microbiomes of malnourished children looks to have reset their metabolic and growth profiles on a healthier trajectory, researchers conclude.
Researchers identify the aggressive marketing of baby formula as one obstacle preventing mothers from breastfeeding, which can help prevent diarrhoea and pneumonia in children.
A mother’s gut bacteria and diet are crucial in promoting a healthy pregnancy, with reduced levels of the short-chain fatty acid acetate – produced by fermentation in the gut – being linked to an increase risk of preeclampsia.