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Gut imbalance-Estrogen-Chronic Diseases Connection
As we all know by now, our body is a container for 38 trillion microorganisms living in our gut. These microbes metabolise 70% of the food we eat & play a very important role in regulating various hormones & neurotransmitters required for carrying out various biological processes inside our body. One of such important hormones…
Source code for strengthening immune system: Balanced gut microbiome
When we are facing issues of infectious diseases, the first talking point is our immune system. Our immune system helps our body to manage a number of tasks, the most important being fighting against opportunistic pathogens. The relevant part is timing- properly deploying the immune system to fight these bad folks at the time of sickness…
Why is Genefitletics the end of your health worries?
If nutritionists, health coaches, fitness companies, or diabetes management companies are recommending you food / fad diets, and/or medications without taking into account your unique gut microbiome to either help you with weight loss, diabetes or even digestive issues, take the advice with a pinch of salt. They are using a one size fits all…
Glycemic response & Chronic Inflammation
We discussed the difference between glycemic response & glycemic index in our earlier blog wherein we shed light on why we are all going wrong in decoding the root cause of diabetes. Let us discuss glycemic response in detail today. Recently discussions about glycemic response have been picking specifically when we are trying to figure…
Poop: The most important biomarker
Poop, one of the most relevant & visible biomarker of our health, is really complex- a watery mixture of bacteria ( living & dead), cellular lining, fibre, fat, protein, mucus, bile & various other compounds which our body cannot digest. Early morning, most of us sit on our toilet, browse through the internet, social media…
Why does your diet need more resistant starch?
When we talk of starch what comes to our mind? That gloopy & sticky feeling-potato, bread, grain, pasta. Not all starches are the same, depending upon their molecular structure, they can be quick digested, slowly digested or not digested at all. Today we will be discussing starches that cannot be digested at all- either in the…
Connection between Gut Dysbiosis & Cancer
Around 10 million people die prematurely of cancer every year & every 6th death in the world is due to cancer. In the United States of America alone, 5.5% of the population suffer from Cancer. Although number of deaths due to cancer have been declining, still the mortality rate is 40%, which is very high.…
How is Fungi causing trouble to our overall health?
Fungi, part of our gut microbiome family, though small in numbers, plays an important role in our health. During these COVID-19 times, Fungus has become more famous, but for wrong reasons. Let us deep dive on role of Fungi & if they are detrimental to our health. We mostly think of Fungi as minor nuisances:…
We have been at war with bacteria over last 100 years: Now we have turned towards them for their help
In a recent finding by a global wellness institute, the wellness sector encompassing nutrition, fitness, precision & alternative medicine accounted for 5.3% of the world’s economic output in the year 2017. As such health & fitness have been used interchangeably. However it is important to note here that fitness or workout is a part of…
Gut Microbiota: The Possible Solution to Intercept & Reverse Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes is a global epidemic with 9% of the global population being impacted by this dreaded disease. Like other chronic diseases, diabetes is preventable but we have all got it wrong. Doctors & other healthcare professionals/companies are focused on just managing diabetes by using temporary relief solutions with the sole objective of just making money…
