Seeing scientific publications make media news is fantastic and for those of us in science it is actually a nice way to keep on top of new work being released. The media however, love to latch onto click worthy stories, which may have been a very niche lab study or an animal model, with no […]
Author: gutscience
Health and leadership in the workplace, are you walking the walk?
As we head into the festive season, I think it’s timely to remember that if you’re in any sort of people management role/s, that walking the walk in terms of being healthy will far outweigh any of the token ‘health’ activities, in terms of staff health and productivity at this time of year. If you’re […]
Leaky gut..Is it a thing?
It wasn’t that long ago that science really dismissed the idea that the walls of our gut lining might be ‘permeable’ to the outside world (ie. the rest of our body).We now know it is absolutely a thing and in fact can be one of the main drivers for low grade inflammation in the whole […]
The confusion is real
A new study made its way to the media recently about the link between ultra-processed food and Irritable Bowel Syndrome. The authors showed a 20% increase in risk for IBS between those who consumed the highest amounts of ultra-processed foods vs the lowest. [paper here if you would like to read: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.2024.01.040] What this tells us […]