Being overweight is much more than just carrying a few extra kg. Everyday tasks become harder and can cause extra stress. It can make you feel bad about yourself. In addition, excess weight can lead to serious diseases like heart problems and diabetes. Every year, over 2.8 million people die from weight-related issues.
Unfortunately, many people struggle to fight weight-gain: counting calories and following complicated diets can be very confusing and frustrating.
Constipation is no fun. Have you ever experienced the uncomfortable feeling of not being able to relieve yourself properly? Have you worried about the next unsuccessful or painful toilet visit? Has constipation ruined a celebration or spoiled your holidays? If you have answered “yes” to any of these questions, you’re not alone: in Europe, the prevalence of constipation in the general population is estimated at 10 to 20%. It is a widespread condition that negatively affects the quality of life of millions of sufferers.
If you are experiencing some form of depression, you should realise that you are not alone. A staggering one in five people in Switzerland started the year 2022 with symptoms of severe depression.
Insomnia has increased with the Covid-19 pandemic: one in 5 people suffered from this sleep-disorder in Germany in 2021. Insomnia has also become a global problem: almost half of all US-Americans say they feel sleepy during the day between three and seven days per week. Here we provide key facts and 3 recommendations for a healthy sleep, based on the latest science.
In David Attenborough’s book and movie “A Life on Our Planet” the famous biologist points out that we are living in a time of extinction. While Attenborough refers mostly to us humans being responsible for an unprecedented extinction of wild life, this holds also true to the extinction of bacterial life in and on our body.
Wonderful diversity
The world is full of wonders and bursting with life. Life has managed to colonise every corner of the world and, wherever we look, there is life, with many forms and variations. But some areas of the world harbour more biodiversity than others. There are deserts and there are jungles. Also in and on our bodies, we see wonderful biodiversity and the most biodiversity is in our guts. Our guts form a rich, diverse ecosystem. Our guts are the amazon forests of our bodies.
The word “microbiome” is cropping up everywhere in the media these days. Did you know that this word is often used incorrectly? From a technical point of view, the word that should often be used is microbiota. What is the difference between microbiome and microbiota?
Diet is one of the best and easiest ways to change your microbiome for the better. The food that you eat can help you to increase the diversity of good gut-bacteria & to improve your health.
