Microbial therapies and diagnostics

We all should know that regarding us and our microbes, we work together to harvest the maximum of energy from our food and to fight against pathogens. But which is the best way to keep our microbiota healthy? Everybody heard, i hope, about prebiotics and probiotics. But anyway, i will try to explain a bit more. There are some fibers called prebiotics, that are beneficial to our microbiota. Also, there are some live cultures of microbes that can stimulate our gut health, once added to our diet. The composition of our microbiota can provide personal information about you, and can be used to develop personal food strategies. Our microbiota holds information that can help us to diagnose certain diseases too. So, while our microbes can tell about our health, they can be also used to improve our health and cure certain diseases. One example is the use of faecal transplant therapy to treat recurrent Clostridium difficile, with a bigger success rate than antibiotics and a lowest rate of recurrence.

I will do next a more indepth blog post about probiotics and prebiotics. See you soon!
G.