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Caffeine & Gut Microbiome: A healthy link?
Many of us rely on a cup of coffee to start the day & keep us energetic. Specifically the US is a nation of coffee drinkers with 60% of the population drinking at least 1 cup a day. Although coffee has been considered as a substance with much less nutritional value, there are evidences that
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Protein Consumption & Gut Microbiome
We generally assume or are told that consuming carbohydrates & fats can lead to weight gain & protein is a safe bet when it comes to weight loss. Besides, those aspiring to build lean muscles are also advised to increase the protein 2 to 5 times more than dietary recommendations. So does having excess protein
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All about resistant starch
Resistant starch feeds foreign inhabitants in our body- gut microorganisms. It is a type of starch which is not metabolised in the small intestine & directly reaches Large intestine. As such it resists digestion. In the large intestine, it functions like soluble fermentable fibre & feeds our intestinal gut bacteria. As shared earlier, our body
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Gut-brain connection
Not everything is in your head. Meditation is not the only solution to mental health conditions. Mental health has a lot to do with our gut-microbiome. There are a lot of scientific papers that have been written on this undeniable connection. Although there are healing solutions such as positive thinking, therapy & counselling for mental
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Does gut influence your sleep patterns?
There are a lot of reasons we do not get enough sleep: Stress, depression, anxiety or binge watching your favorite movie. These are obvious reasons for deficient sleep. Have you ever thought there can be other reasons as well- may be there is something going on in your body which is disturbing our sleep! It
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Gut Microbiome- This is where it all started
All chronic/lifestyle diseases be it diabetes, thyroid, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Anxiety, Depression & autoimmune diseases are the result of chronic inflammation. So the question arises how this chronic inflammation arises? This dreaded inflammation occurs because our second brain- gut microbiome is out of balance. When the gut microbiome is out of balance, our immune system
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How to reset your Circadian Rhythm?
Humans have clock genes that make our body tick like a well oiled machine. Circadian Rhythm is our body’s biological clock that directly impacts our metabolism, digestion & sleep. It is instructed by clock genes that trigger essential metabolic activities such as storing energy, transporting oxygen, releasing hormones & neurotransmitters. Briefly, this biological clock dictates
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Genefitletics has entered into a collaboration with BugSpeaks to offer Gut Microbiome Intelligence Solution
Genefitletics, a unit of Sushant Kumar Ventures Pvt. Ltd. entered into a collaboration with BugSpeaks, a brand of Leucine Rich Bio Pvt. Ltd. to offer gut microbiome intelligence based preventive health solution. Geneftletics is designing a revolutionary offering in the preventive health space, wherein they offer a hyper-personalised solution based on an individual’s genetic & gut
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The Two D(s)- Diabetes & Dysbiosis
What causes type 2 diabetes? You might be thinking this is no brainer-Overweight, obesity, insulin resistance! However, you may be shocked to learn that your gut microbiome has a major role to play in diabetes. The rate of people attracting diabetes is increasing with 422 million people worldwide suffering. Situation around 4 decades ago was
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Genetically aligned nutrition plate
We generally think that carbohydrates & fat are bad guys & we should keep their consumption minimal. Lots of so-called fitness experts also propagate to eat anything under their macros to maintain a calorie deficit diet. All these baseless assumptions are false & should be avoided. Your nutrition composition is driven by your genetic insights
