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A Lactobacillus acidophilus Postbiotic for Allergy, Skin Health & Immune Health Support
Regular readers of my “Supplement Science” column may notice that this is the third postbiotic article I’ve written for Vitamin Retailer over the past few years—the other two being “Akkermansia muciniphila: A GLP-1 Promoting Postbiotic for Weight Loss” and “A Lactobacillus plantarum postbiotic for Immunity.” Considering that the market for postbiotics, the newest of the ...
Probiotics, Prebiotics, and Beyond: Strategies to Optimize Gut–Immune Health
They say health begins in the gut, but that’s not just a catchy wellness mantra—it’s immunology 101. Think of your gut as a castle and nearly 70 percent of your immune system are the guards stationed along its walls. Their job? Keep intruders out, keep order inside, and decide when to raise the alarm. The ...
Leaky Gut & Immune Dysregulation: A Functional Medicine Approach to Restoring Balance
Let’s be honest, “leaky gut” sounds like one of those trendy wellness terms that gets tossed around without much scientific backing. But in functional medicine and immunology, increased intestinal permeability is a very real phenomenon with legitimate implications for immune function, mood, inflammation and whole-body health. This article breaks down the gut-immune connection, explains what ...
The Gut-Immune Axis: Nutritional & Lifestyle Strategies for Optimized Health
The Microbiome-Immune Connection: Why It Matters Think of your gut as a biodynamic ecosystem … a rainforest, not a factory. It’s teeming with microbial life, constantly exchanging information with the immune system to regulate inflammation, identify pathogens and maintain equilibrium. And just like in any ecosystem, when one species overgrows or one environmental input shifts, ...
Immune Season 2022-23: BA.5 is Back for More
COVID-19 mutation BA.5 is on the rise, and will impact the immune support category in a dramatic way. It’s like the oft-repeated line from “The Godfather”: “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.” Just when we thought we could leave COVID behind, its latest incarnation, BA.5, is pulling us back ...
Natural Ingredients for Immune Health
In the last 16 months, the state of health for the people of our nation and the world has been an evolving roller coaster. As this article is being written, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have reversed the decision to allow vaccinated individuals to not wear masks indoors in certain parts of ...
Probiotics and Immune Health
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Health Organization define probiotics as “live microorganisms which when administered in adequate amounts confer a health benefit on the host”1 (aka, friendly bacteria). Since commercials began extolling the virtues of yogurt for immune health, there has been an increase in public awareness that ...
Immune Support: The Best Defense
Powerful as it is, the immune system cannot fend off every germ pthat comes its way. According to a Harvard Medical School Special Health report entitled “The Truth About Your Immune System,” nearly 53,000 people in the United States die of influenza or pneumonia annually, making those diseases together the eighth leading cause of death. ...
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