Opportunistic Pathogens and the microbiome
You have two choices. You can choose to live in harmony with the foreign ecosystem inside of you, providing an environment which supports a certain array of bacteria which can and will promote your health, or you can create an environment in which the bad actors, aka the opportunistic pathogens, thrive. In this environment, they […]
Type 2 Diabetes/Obesity and the Microbiome
I’ve lumped these two conditions, type 2 diabetes (T2D) and obesity together in this presentation, as they are so tightly linked. As I always say, “it’s all connected”. The International Diabetes Federation has estimated that type 2 diabetes currently affects over 463 million people in the world. And in the US, in adults, the rate […]