Gut Bacteria
topic on 2 shows · 3 statements across 2 episodes
3 statements about Gut Bacteria, every show
Enders: Stool that sinks immediately indicates incomplete gut bacterial fermentation
“When there's no air bubbles in it at all, that means bacteria haven't really done their work or their job there, so it sinks to the bottom immediately without sometimes swimming a little bit. So that's a sign that you're not digesting properly, for example, ca…”
Enders: Antibiotics can increase stool volume by expelling dead bacteria
“Sometimes you can see it even as a side effect of antibiotics, because the antibiotics kill off all these bacteria, and they have quite some weight. They have a mess, you know. They are sometimes described as an organ of its own. So you're basically losing a l…”
Friedberg: Science Translational Medicine study links specific gut bacteria to rheumatoid arthritis
“Published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, was a really interesting paper by a team that identified a very specific bacteria that we find in the gut that can actually trigger rheumatoid arthritis.”