The Far Reaching Health Effects of Gut Microbiota

1. THE FAR REACHING
HEALTH EFFECTS OF
GUT MICROBIOTA
Ubiome

2. The Far Reaching Health Effects of Gut
Microbiota
UBiome offers a unique service that provides individuals with detailed information
on the composition of the bacteria residing in body areas such as the gut, skin, nose,
and mouth. UBiome maps out customers’ unique microbiome, which plays a role in
health and susceptibility to disease. UBiome’s services reflect a shifting citizen
research landscape in which scientific interest increasingly focuses on the microbial
landscape.

3. The Far Reaching Health Effects of Gut
Microbiota
Much of the early research on the microbiome focused on commensal bacteria,
which inhabit the gut and provide a number of distinct benefits , including
metabolizing compounds that otherwise could not be digested and supplying
nutrients. In addition, these microorganisms help prevent the invasion of
opportunistic pathogens that can negatively influence health.

4. The Far Reaching Health Effects of Gut
Microbiota
Research in recent years suggests a much more complex landscape, with gut
microbes that are normally benign being capable, during times of microbial
imbalance, of causing disease and inflammation spanning the human body. One
possible reason for this is that immune cells circulate from the intestines
throughout the body and affect immune responses in a much wider area than the
gut. Recent studies have gone so far as to suggest a connection between microbiota
and neurological disorders in a “gut-brain axis.”