Gut Fungi Influence Your Metabolism
The body’s community of gut fungi, called the mycobiome, has a big influence on metabolic health, and changes in diet can throw it out of whack.
Read MoreThe body’s community of gut fungi, called the mycobiome, has a big influence on metabolic health, and changes in diet can throw it out of whack.
Read MorePoor sleep has been linked to high blood pressure, and a new study suggests it’s because disrupted sleep damages the gut microbiome.
Read MoreBy Brittany Trinh Do you take your coffee with a spoonful of sugar or use a nonsugar sweetener such as Sweet’N Low or Equal? These nonsugar sweeteners are called nonnutritive sweeteners because they contain little to no calories per gram, compared with nutritive sweeteners such as sucrose or high-fructose corn syrup. Common nonnutritive sweeteners are saccharin and aspartame. Nonsugar sweeteners are often hundreds of times sweeter than sucrose—125 mg of aspartame can replace 25 g of sugar. They have been recommended by medical professionals as sugar substitutes in food and…
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