While some people are fortunate to not have a sweet tooth, many more of us have an addiction-like craving for sweets. Is this a true addiction, or are other factors driving the sometimes crazed search for that piece of chocolate or a Mars bar?

We now know that our gut microbiome affects much more than our digestive system, including our skin. The gut and skin barrier share a surprising number of features, including purpose and functionality.

Since a critical factor in preserving our health is maintaining the delicate balance in our immune system, the influence of the gut microbiota on the immune system and the correlation between health and disease has emerged as an area of scientific and clinical importance.

There’s been a lot of chatter about the gut-brain axis (see our article on that here) over the past several years. Recently, a slice of that discussion has come to the forefront – the gut sleep interplay.

One brain or two? The more scientists investigate the human gut microbiome, the more apparent it has become that the brain and gut are a reciprocal communication network.