To appreciate the marvel that is human health, one must delve beneath the skin, beyond the reach of the naked eye. Inside the complex labyrinth that is our body, we find a bustling metropolis of microscopic organisms known as the human microbiome. Of these residents, the probiotics, prebiotics, and immunobiotics command particular attention for their crucial role in promoting health and warding off diseases.
Honey
Australian honey best with high-value antibacterial activity
Australia has at least seven Leptospermum species that produce honey with exceptionally high levels of antibacterial activity, providing the scientific basis to facilitate the entry
Mangoes – heart healthy fruit – eat 2 cups daily
Two cups of mangos a day had beneficial effects on systolic blood pressure among healthy postmenopausal women, revealed by researchers at the University of California,
Stem cell transplantation helps diabetes patients
Stem cell transplantation helps patients with diabetes become insulin free – The majority of patients with type 1 diabetes who underwent a certain type of stem cell transplantation became insulin free, several for more than three years, with good glycemic control, and also increased C-peptide levels, an indirect measure of beta-cell function.
Advice for treatment of cough, colds in children under 6
New advice for the treatment of cough and colds in children issued in UK. – Responding to guidance issued by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), advising that cough and cold treatments should not be used for children under 6 years of age, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) has issued the following advice to parents.
Austinuts Wholesale recalls Honey Roasted Peanuts, Sweet & Spicy Snack Mix
Austinuts Wholesale, Inc. Announces Voluntary Recall Of Honey Roasted Peanuts And Sweet & Spicy Snack Mix – As a result of the expansion of Peanut Corporation of America’s (PCA) recall to include all peanuts and peanut ingredients processed in their Blakely, Georgia facility since January_1, 2007 due to the possibility to be contaminated with Salmonella, Austinuts Wholesale, Inc. has issued a voluntary recall for the following products:
Breakfast cereals are excessively sugary
Breakfast sugary cereals are heavily marketed to children, to the tune of about $229 million advertising dollars per year. – Are you one of those adults who keep a box of Frosted Flakes or Froot Loops hidden in the cupboard? Such sugary cereals are heavily marketed to children, to the tune of about $229 million advertising dollars per year. But an estimated 58 percent of “children’s” cereals are consumed by the over-18 crowd.
Manuka honey with natural antibacterial methylglyoxal
Manuka Health New Zealand Ltd announced the launch of the first manuka honey products certified to contain levels of the antibacterial ingredient. – The natural compound methylglyoxal is responsible for Manuka Health New Zealand’s manuka honey’s unique health-giving properties, revealed in a publication by a German university scientist, reported the company.