Some might think that the gut is simply a tube running through the body. Although this is structurally true, the health of this “tube” and the mix of organisms that live in it can have a huge impac...
August 4, 2025 • Joel Totoro, RD
What are bacteriophages? Bacteriophages (also known as phages) are the most common living organism on the planet – there are more bacteriophages than all other living organisms on Earth combined, i...
August 1, 2025 • Kathi Head, ND
Gut health Air travel can impact your body in multiple ways. First, jet lag can throw off your sleep schedule, which can affect gut health and your body’s ability to fight infection. Second, pressu...
July 3, 2025 • Joel Totoro, RD
In the past, you probably heard a lot about biotics – in the form of antibiotics. These days you are likely to hear as much about probiotics as you do antibiotics. The term biotic literally means “...
June 25, 2025 • Kathi Head, ND
The ancient Greek philosopher Hippocrates, the “father of modern medicine,” is believed to have said that “all disease begins in the gut.”1 Indeed, more than 2,000 years later, the body of research...
June 17, 2025 • Carina Toledo, MS, MHI, CNS
From prebiotics to post biotics and everything in between, Drs. Amanda Frick and Jennifer Greer explain how to support your gut microbiome with “biotics.” Learn about natural sources of probiotics,...
June 16, 2025 • Thorne
When it comes to staying on top of your game, your gut health may matter just as much as training or nutrition. The trillions of bacteria, fungi, and other microbes living in your digestive tract a...
April 23, 2025 • Brent Bauer, M.D., Mayo Clinic
Performance nutrition science is filled with promising data on the positive effects of food and certain supplements to enhance an athlete’s power, endurance, and focus. As the body of research on a...
December 18, 2024 • Thorne
Just like you and your gut microbiome work in tandem to help keep you healthy – or make you sick when the microbes are out of balance – so your genitourinary tract depends on a good supply of benef...
August 12, 2024 • Kathi Head, ND
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