MICHELLE MADDUX, ND  Intestinal permeability (IP), colloquially referred to as “leaky gut,” is fundamentally a failure of the body’s inherent mechanisms to maintain separation between the [...]

NODE SMITH, ND Studies of the microbiome in the human gut focus mainly on bacteria. Other microbes that are also present in the gut — viruses, protists, archaea and fungi […]

Node Smith, ND A new study from the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh finds that an antibody in breastmilk is necessary to prevent necrotizing [...]

Node Smith, ND As food enters the intestine, it embarks on windy, lengthy journey. For most of the route, its surroundings don’t appear to change much. But new research from […]

Naturopathic Perspective Carrie Jones, ND, MPH It is well established that elevated estrogen can pose many problems for both men and women. Not only can it result in estrogen dominance […]

Ginger Nash, ND The significance of the fucosyltransferase-2 (FUT2) gene and “secretor status” has been written about by Dr Peter D’Adamo for over 20 years. Dr D’Adamo’s research into ABO […]

Amanda Hegnauer, ND To discuss the importance of how food allergies or autoimmunity are influenced by the immune system, one must have a basic understanding of the system itself. The […]

Sue Plummer, PhD Iveta Garaiova, PhD Marija Pevac-Djukic, MD(Serbia), ND(Canada) For centuries living microorganisms, particularly lactic acid bacteria (producers of lactic acid from sugar), have [...]

David M. Brady, ND, DC, CCN, DACBN The population of the microbiota of the human gastrointestinal (GI) tract is widely diverse and complex, with a high population density. All major […]