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Akkermansia Muciniphila

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health27 days ago•6 min saved

Gut power for longer life: aging may hinge on your microbiome

New research links aging-related health declines to a waning gut microbiome and suggests that feeding beneficial bacteria with fiber and polyphenols, reducing stress, and limiting antibiotic overuse can support metabolism, sleep, immunity and brain function. Key strains such as Akkermansia muciniphila may boost GLP-1 and metabolic control, and companies like Pendulum Therapeutics are developing probiotics to help glucose management in diabetes or prediabetes, including in menopausal women.

via New York Post|

#akkermansia-muciniphila #glp-1 #gut-microbiome

science4 months ago•6 min saved

Nursery attendance seeds diversity in infants’ gut microbiomes

A study tracking 43 infants in Italy over their first year found that attending nursery rapidly shifts their gut microbiomes through extensive baby-to-baby transmission; after four months, 15–20% of the microbes were shared with nursery peers, more than those acquired from family, and while diet also plays a role, social interactions greatly boost microbial richness and diversity, with strains like Akkermansia muciniphila moving from mother to infant to other babies and even back to parents.

via Nature|

#akkermansia-muciniphila #babies #microbiome

health4 months ago•50 min saved

Dietitian touts GLP-1 boosters to amplify Ozempic-style weight loss (with cautions)

A dietitian cites supplements that may boost the body’s GLP-1 response and potentially enhance the weight‑loss effects of GLP‑1 drugs like Ozempic, naming berberine, Akkermansia muciniphila probiotics, and glutamine as possible aids; however, she warns these cannot replace prescribed medications and stresses careful consideration of drug interactions and the need for more research.

via Daily Mail|

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health2 years ago•2 min saved

Microbe in the Gut Regulates Cholesterol and Lipid Production

A study led by Duke University has identified the genes essential for intestinal colonization and the use of mucin by Akkermansia muciniphila, a gut microbe associated with lower rates of metabolic disorders. The study found that A. muciniphila can have multiple survival strategies and that using mucin as the preferred nutritional source is condition-dependent. When implanted in mice without a complex microbiome, A. muciniphila repressed human genes essential for cholesterol biosynthesis in the colon, suggesting that it can regulate the expression of genes involved in lipid biosynthesis.

via Phys.org|

#akkermansia-muciniphila #cholesterol-biosynthesis #gut-microbiome