This month, new research revealed a scientific discovery — a specific type of bacteria that can live in your gut competes with your body for an important nutrient called queuine (KYOO-in).

Normally bacteria make their own queuine. Humans harvest this essential nutrient through the gut, by way of salvage enzymes that source it either from food or from gut bacteria that manufacture it.

What scientists at the University of Florida recently discovered is “that some bacteria that live in the human environment are not making (queuine) from scratch; instead, they’re competing for the same micronutrients as the human host.”

What is colon cleansing? And how do you know if you need a colon cleanse?

Sometimes a colon cleanse is recommended by a natural health practitioner, or required for a medical procedure. Other times you may be looking for the benefits of detoxification, and relief from conditions such as:

How many times have you heard us say, “Healing your gut will heal your brain”?

That’s because doctors have known for decades that having a gut dysfunction can lead to brain diseases and mental health conditions.

Now, scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine — one of the most respected medical research hospitals in the world — have released exciting new research that provides strong evidence that Parkinson’s disease originates among toxic proteins in the gut and then travels through the body’s neurons (nerve cells) to the brain.

They believe the key to preventing the onset of Parkinson’s is by blocking the transmission of toxic proteins from traveling to the neurons.

How many times have you heard us say, “Healing your gut will heal your brain”?

That’s because doctors have known for decades that having a gut dysfunction can lead to brain diseases and mental health conditions.

Now, scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine — one of the most respected medical research hospitals in the world — have released exciting new research that provides strong evidence that Parkinson’s disease originates among toxic proteins in the gut and then travels through the body’s neurons (nerve cells) to the brain.

They believe the key to preventing the onset of Parkinson’s is by blocking the transmission of toxic proteins from traveling to the neurons.

When we want to express a deep, core feeling or inner knowing — which part of our body do we instinctively mention?

It’s gut-wrenching. My gut tells me. A gut feeling, gut instinct, gut reaction.

These common expressions all center around one thing — your gut.

Would it surprise you to know that according to scientists, your health and even your happiness stem from your gut, too?