Probiotics

We've talked much about the power and importance of probiotics both here on my blog and in my upcoming book, Brain Maker. The good bacteria that make up your microbiome play a vital role in not just your dig...

Right now in America more than 6 million children carry a diagnosis of ADHD. I think it is fair to say that autism has become an epidemic when you consider that, today, as many as 1 in 40 male births will ul...

What if I told you that your gut bacteria have a large role to play in levels of BDNF, or brain-derived neurotrophic factor, which acts like growth hormone for the brain? In this video we look at probiotic s...

Isn't it incredible to know, and fully appreciate, that our gut bacteria have a powerful role in brain health. So, shouldn't we be doing everything possible to facil...

By: Austin Perlmutter, MD, Medical Student, Miller School of Medicine As research on the microbiome flourishes, we continue to find evidence for the role of probiotics in optimizing our health. Most recently...

Bowel wall permeability, more commonly described these days as “leaky gut,” is now front and center in the news, and is well known as a cause of a large number of common disease entities. The intestinal barr...