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Essential Amino Acids: The Superstars of a Healthy Gut By Kenneth Dang By now, it’s been well established that the gut and brain are well connected and are essential to your overall health. For the sports fans, like Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal, or Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski, or Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce; when they […]

From Gut to Glory: How Ozempic Shapes Your Microbiome and Fights Diabetes By Jasmine Reblando It’s Diabetes Awareness Month for the month of November! It’s the perfect time to give your health some love: schedule that blood work, keep an eye on your sugar cravings, and treat your body like the temple it is. Whether

Food as Medicine: Boosting GLP-1 for Gut and Metabolic Harmony By Jasmine Reblando What if there were foods that act as a natural form of Ozempic? A deep dive into fuel that promotes. The gut-brain axis results in dynamic interactions of our mind and body’s cognition, mood, hunger and metabolism. A key player in this

A Health Crisis Ignited: Protecting Your Brain and Gut from Fire-Induced Stress By Jasmine Reblando January 2025 has greeted southern California with widespread immense devastation and air pollution. Despite the containment of the fires, in addition to the lasting impacts of unhealthy air conditions to the lungs, it inevitably raises concern as a threat to

Who Let Them Cook: How Microplastics Mess with the Gut and Cognitive Health By Kenneth Dang It’s that time of the year. Your family has gathered from far and wide for the biggest feast of the year. A foodie’s paradise. Aren’t you hungry? There’s going to be delicious, well-seasoned turkeys, creamy, savory mashed potatoes, the

Resilience and a Healthy Gut May Help Us Handle Life’s Ups and Downs By Jasmine Reblando When we think of stress, it’s usually in terms of its downsides—headaches, tension, sleepless nights. Stress contributes to nearly $300 billion in healthcare costs and missed workdays in the United States! Dr. Church herself wanted to flip the switch

The Impact of Adversity on the Gut Microbiome: Navigating Stress and Resilience By Jasmine Reblando Ah, adversity! It is an unavoidable part of life, whether it comes in the form of personal loss, health challenges, or the everyday stressors that leave us feeling overwhelmed. More specifically, stress is a main disruptor in the delicate balance

A Satellite for your Microbiota By Hongbo Danny Zhu Artificial Intelligence has come a long way in the last few years, evolving from conversations with ChatGPT into various platforms that can generate artistic content and analyze data. As AI progresses, could it even serve as a healthcare advisor? Imagine the gut microbiome as a dense

From Soil Microbiome to Gut Microbiome By Jasmine Cap As natural and anthropogenic pressures on the pedosphere rise, so do concerns about climate change’s impact on our health. Dynamic shifts in temperature and weather patterns affect the biological and physical properties of the soil that grows our food. Thus, climate change may impact the nutrients we consume

Plastic as a Detrimental Culprit to an Unhealthy Gut? By Jasmine Reblando Plastic water bottles, plastic take-out containers, plastic utensils and more are all common plastic essentials many of us implement in our everyday lives. It does not take a well-seasoned, educated scientist to tell us that plastics are affecting the environment poorly, at a