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Gut health

November

Processed meats are high in salt and saturated fat, both of which are inflammatory. 

Why that ultra-processed food is ageing you

As anyone who’s ever tried to stop at just one potato chip can tell you, the stuff is moreish – and scientists are discovering more about the harmful effects.

  • The Economist
Nick Mann, regional CEO of Australia, Asia and New Zealand and rotating group CEO of Swisse’s parent company H&H Group, at Swisse’s office in Collingwood, Melbourne.

Why this Swisse CEO fasts for 19 hours a day

Nick Mann, regional CEO of the parent company that owns Swisse, has stepped up into the role of global group CEO just as the wellness industry is booming.

  • Euan Black

February

Fruits and vegetables are both great sources of fibre.

A new era of at-home testing means everyone’s a doctor

The phenomenon is less about detecting disease and more about how to make your good health even better.

  • Britt Smith

January 2023

Since the early 2000s, understanding of the gut’s role in a broad range of health conditions has advanced dramatically, after scientists worked out how to sequence DNA from the gut microbiome.

The solution for a healthy brain may lie in your gut

Scientists are exploring how diseases such as Parkinson’s and dementia could be affected by the microbes we have inside us. 

  • Rosa Silverman

November 2022

Microba Life Sciences chairman Ian Frazer, CEO Luke Reid and co-founder Gene Tyson at the listing ceremony in April.

Microba shares soar 55pc after Sonic Healthcare investment

The diagnostics giant has acquired a 19.99 per cent stake in the small-cap biotech and is also seeking approval for another 5 per cent.

  • Yolanda Redrup

September 2022

The best way to protect yourself is simple healthy habits like exercising.

The ‘vaccine-like effect’ of exercising

For the average exerciser, early evidence suggests there may be a protective effect against getting severely ill.

  • Knvul Sheikh

April 2022

TikTok is awash in gut health videos.

TikTok for gut health? Take these four tips instead

The platform is awash with influencers who clock up millions of views promoting their panaceas. But there is far better advice for a healthier microbiome.

  • Dani Blum

August 2020

The world is waiting on a vaccine. A man found lying outside a hospital in La Paz, Bolivia, is loaded into a wheelchair to be taken into a clinic that treats suspected COVID-19 patients.

Vaccine confronts humanity with next moral test

The US government says the COVID-19 vaccine will be developed 'at warp speed'. But vaccines take years to develop, for good reasons.

  • John Authers

June 2019

Blake Wills-run UQ start up Microba has developed kits to test gut bacteria.

Thorney, Perennial back Microba’s gut feeling

Gut health biotechnology group Microba has landed some big names in its Series B founding round.

  • Sarah Thompson and Anthony Macdonald

Original URL: https://www.afr.com/topic/gut-health-jmc