Prebiotics or Probiotics? A quick lesson on fibre..

Prebiotics or Probiotics? A quick lesson on fibre..

With the advent of probiotics and the focus that surrounded them as the research first appeared about their myriad of health benefits(1), prebiotics have been forgotten about and come to the fore again. Specific probiotics (live bacteria) and their strains have been...
Prebiotics or Probiotics? A quick lesson on fibre..

Is your gut just a giant worm?

When thinking about the gut we need to imagine it in order to understand it. From an evolutionary perspective, it is amazing how similar our gut is to an earthworm. Earthworms are the composting mechanism of the garden. A worm doesn’t have a brain, yet it...