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Germs, Bacteria and Some Latest News on the Hygiene Hypothesis

Hey UC’ers, What’s happening!  It’s another end of the week, and I thought it would be great to do a little re-visit on an old topic that is making the headlines once again.  That’s right, the good old “Hygiene Hypothesis”.  As you might have guessed, it is pretty controversial like most “new” ideas in the world of medicine, some doctors buy into the thinking, others… Read More »Germs, Bacteria and Some Latest News on the Hygiene Hypothesis

Microbial Gut Bacteria and our Immune System Part 6

Here is the write up from Part 6 of the meeting with Les. –Diet –Gut Bacteria – immune system – the hygiene hypothesis(if you haven’t heard of this yet, you will be fascinated) Les: … There isn’t a direct comparison, for example that if you eat this food, its going to have a direct affect on how our immune system acts. But we know very… Read More »Microbial Gut Bacteria and our Immune System Part 6

Gut Bacteria and Antibiotics Part 3

Here’s Les again going into detail about what gut bacteria feeds on, how it thrives, and how the antibiotics affected it. He talks towards the end of the the video about some of the effects the antibiotics had on the patients’ gut bacteria.

Gut Bacteria Part 1

This post is Part 1 on Gut Bacteria. Les who is a microbiologist just published an incredible study on antibiotics and gut bacteria, this is the video from the beginning our the meeting…