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  • Three glasses of kombucha (green, yellow and pink) being held together with blurry people in background.

    Alcohol in fermented foods: Considerations for pregnancy and childhood
    Typical health recommendations advise not consuming alcohol during pregnancy or during childhood up to the age of 18. Yet some fermented foods contain alcohol. What does the science reveal about resolving this contradiction?

  • BBC Audio Podcast – Fermented foods: A beginner’s guide
    This podcast episode explores the making of fermented foods and the science behind their health benefits.
  • Plush poop emoji on bathroom counter, with toilet in background

    How do you know whether your gut microbiome is in good shape?
    Scientists know gut microorganisms were interconnected with gut health and overall health in multiple ways. But how do you know if you have a healthy microbiome? Today, we not only know which microbes are there, but we’ve also learned a lot about what they do, and how they influence our digestion, immunity and even mental health.

  • 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…