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Which house of bacteria does your gut microbes belong to?
History is evident that we believed that microbes & bacteria living in our body are the reason for our illness & disease. We have misunderstood them- we have done so at the cost of our own peril, the main reason why a large proportion of people are suffering from chronic diseases. Our body is a
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Can gut dysbiosis make you fat?
Since our childhood days, we have been told by our parents & grandparents- “ you are what you eat”. They were referring to the state of our gut health. The microbes living in our gut, 38 trillion of them, have a major role to play in our metabolic conditions & determine our susceptibility of gaining
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Fad diets vs diet that your microbes are hungry for
With fitness & wellness taking the center stage, we have been surrounded by fad diets- be it Ketosis, high protein or quantified nutrition. You see around everyone is jumping on this fad diet- weight loss link bandwagon. This addiction has become an obsession & everyone seems to follow the trend. Such trends are short lived
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Can Gut Dysbiosis lead to PCOS?
We have discussed broadly in our previous blog how gut dysbiosis has a central role to play in our hormonal imbalances specifically, Estrogen. During diabetes awareness week, we shared a lot of information about the root cause of diabetes & that one of the causes of diabetes is a low level of circulating estrogen. In
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
