Today: September 16, 2024
Today: September 16, 2024

Latest From Christopher Damman, Associate Professor of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, University of Washington

Health

Is weight loss as simple as calories in, calories out? In the end, it’s your gut microbes and leftovers that make your calories count

Your gut microbes have a lot to say about how many calories you consume and how effectively your body metabolizes them.

September 10, 2024
Is weight loss as simple as calories in, calories out? In the end, it’s your gut microbes and leftovers that make your calories count
Health|Science|Sports

Athletes looking for a competitive edge may find it within their gut microbiome

Athletes have different gut microbiomes compared with the general population. Some of these microbes are thought to improve endurance and recovery by optimizing the cell’s powerhouses.

July 23, 2024
Athletes looking for a competitive edge may find it within their gut microbiome
Technology

Your body already has a built-in weight loss system that works like Wegovy, Ozempic and Mounjaro – food and your gut microbiome

Weight loss and diabetes drugs target regulatory pathways involved in metabolism that the microbes in your gut and certain molecules from food already play a key role in regulating.

January 16, 2024
Your body already has a built-in weight loss system that works like Wegovy, Ozempic and Mounjaro – food and your gut microbiome
Health

Gut microbes are the community within you that you can't live without – how eating well can cultivate your microbial and social self

Nurturing your gut microbiome can go hand in hand with nurturing your social community, with health benefits all around.

August 11, 2023
Technology

Poop has been an easy target for microbiome research, but voyages into the small intestine shed new light on ways to improve gut health

Your upper intestine is host to a distinct population of microbes that play a role in digestion, metabolism and immunity.

June 14, 2024
Poop has been an easy target for microbiome research, but voyages into the small intestine shed new light on ways to improve gut health

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