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  • What happens when you eat fiber, and why you should eat more
    In recent years much research has been done determining that the products of a healthy gut microbiota also have health benefits way beyond the gut.

  • Science, Microbes & Health Video Series: Prof. Remco Kort PhD
    In this Science, Microbes & Health video, get to know Prof. Remco Kort PhD, the winner of the 2025 Sanders Award for Advancing Biotic Science. Prof. Kort describes his scientific outreach work on the Micropia Museum and Yoba for Life.

  • How to respond to the question “Should I take a probiotic?”
    With contributions from Prof. Daniel Merenstein MD A Washington Post article published March 11, 2025 by a gastroenterologist addressed a…

  • Popular media, misinformation and ‘biotics’
    Encountering misinformation is all too easy when seeking understanding of probiotics, prebiotics, synbiotics, and postbiotics (collectively, ‘biotics’). It can be…

  • Are the microbes in fermented foods safe? A microbiologist helps demystify live microbes in foods for consumers
    Since very early in my career I was drawn to science communication. I feel that rather than just producing my…

  • Probiotics vs. prebiotics: Which to choose? And when?
    As consumers, we are constantly bombarded with information on what we should eat to improve our health. Yet the information…

  • Decoding a Probiotic Product Label
    By Mary Ellen Sanders, PhD Interested in knowing what’s in your probiotic product? Unfortunately, there are many ways that probiotic…

  • Do fermented foods contain probiotics?
    By Prof. Maria Marco, PhD, Department of Food Science & Technology, University of California, Davis We frequently hear that “fermented…

  • Using probiotics to support digestive health for dogs
    By Kelly S. Swanson, PhD, The Kraft Heinz Company Endowed Professor in Human Nutrition, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA…

  • Do antibiotics ‘wipe out’ your gut bacteria?
    By Dr. Karen Scott, University of Aberdeen, UK Antibiotics have been an important tool in medicine to kill pathogenic bacteria…