Bacteria and their positive influence on the human body

Category Archives: Stomach

Giulia Enders: Gut – The Inside Story of Our Body’s Most Underrated Organ Body, Digestion, Stomach

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Several years ago, Giulia Enders, then a medical student, provided us with an insight into our innermost places, in particular the digestive organ, in her bestselling book “Gut – The Inside Story of Our Body’s Most Underrated Organ”. The book is not only an entertaining and well-informed read, it also has an exiting previous history,

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Fermentation: Bacteria Preserve Foods and Nutrients Digestion, Stomach, Well-being

“Fermentos only serve mouldy food” – thus the rather striking headline used by the German daily “Die Welt” for a report on a group of predominately young people in US who consciously opt for healthy bacteria: for fermented food. “Fermentation”, the article says, “is the countertrend to sterile industrial food.” Fermentation involves natural microorganisms such

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Lactobacilli against Helicobacter pylori Body, Stomach

Lactobacilli against Helicobacter pyloripylori

An estimated one half of the global population harbours Helicobacter pylori, a bacterium linked to the development of gastric ulcers, gastritis, and other diseases of the stomach. Symptoms for acute Helicobacter infections are vomiting, belching, bloating, or nausea as well as frequently recurring stomach pain or abdominal pain. What should you do if you have

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