Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Harvard Medical School Professor, Metabolic Health Innovator Metabolism is often reduced to a simple equation of calories in ...

The human microbiome market offers growth opportunities through advancements in microbiome sequencing, rising investments in R&D, and increasing demand for personalized medicine. Key drivers include ...

Certain foods, such as yogurt and kefir, or dietary supplements contain probiotics - living microbes that may benefit the gut ...

In two new studies on 28,000 individuals, researchers can show that genetic variants in 11 regions of the human genome have a clear influence on which bacteria are in the gut and what they do there.

By Vijay Kumar Malesu Emerging evidence suggests that microbial metabolites not only regulate endogenous GLP-1 secretion but may also influence therapeutic response to GLP-1 receptor agonists, raising ...

We often hear talk of things being good for our microbiome, and in turn, good for our health. But it wasn’t entirely clear what a healthy gut microbiome consisted of. Now, a study of more than 34,000 ...

Hannah Holscher, a registered dietitian and microbiome researcher, teaches classes about nutrition at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She is also the Director of the Nutrition and Human ...

In two new studies on 28,000 individuals, researchers are able to show that genetic variants in 11 regions of the human ...

A comprehensive review of human studies reveals that kefir can alter certain gut and oral bacteria. However, inconsistent results and small trials mean its true health impact remains an open ...