By Gabriele Amersbach, Prebiotin Science Writer
More than 1,288,525 million people around the world have contracted COVID-19, as of April 6, according to Worldometers.info (these numbers are increasing by the hour). The death toll is at least 70,570 deaths, a mortality rate of 3.4%. This compares to a mortality rate of less than 0.1%… Read more
“Our two brains ‘talk’ to each other, so therapies that help one may help the other. In a way, gastroenterologists (doctors who specialize in digestive conditions) are like counselors looking for ways to soothe the second brain.” – Jay Pasricha, MD, director of the Johns Hopkins Center Neurogastroenterology, explaining the gut-brain connection.… Read more
by Gabriele Amersbach, Prebiotin Science Writer
It’s not just the bullying and social rejection that teens who are obese face. Obesity has a profound effect on your child’s long-term health. While obesity rates among children and adults soar, researchers are providing ample evidence that serious illnesses linked to obesity, like heart disease and diabetes, are also on the increase.… Read more
By: Gabriele Amersbach, Prebiotin Science Writer
While you are thrilled with your new baby, your joy may quickly turn to worry if your infant is suffering from gassy cries, painful constipation, an uncomfortable extended belly, and other signs of gastrointestinal distress.
With your doctor’s support, an easy solution may be the addition of Prebiotin® Prebiotic Fiber to your baby’s formula.… Read more
— Gabriele Amersbach, Prebiotin Science Writer
We forget why we come into a room. We want to introduce a neighbor we’ve known for years—and forget her name. We search for a common word that remains elusive. If we are over 50, we start worrying. Are these the ordinary signs of an aging brain or are these symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease?… Read more
By Gabriele Amersbach, Prebiotin Science Writer
Are you aware that poor diet kills more people than smoking? That everything we understand about protein is incorrect? Or that most of our most deadly diseases are preventable?
For factual information that can save our lives and promote better health, we can now turn to the True Health Initiative.… Read more
Our chronic health challenges are on the rise, affecting at least one of every two of us Americans today.… Read more
“Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.” – Hippocrates
By: Anne Mercer Larson, B.A., M.O.B., Prebiotin Director of Strategic Initiatives, Marketing & Public Relations
With National Breast Cancer Awareness Month in full swing, there’s no better time to take a hard look at how treatment techniques during and after cancer have evolved and, in particular, how prebiotics may help.… Read more
“It’s not what you believe that counts; it’s what you believe enough to do.” Gary Gulbranson
Cancer prevention is still very much under investigation, but virtually all researchers agree that lifestyle choices can have a huge impact on the likelihood of developing this disease.… Read more
Anne Mercer Larson, June 13, 2016
Revised June 12, 2019
Most of us know that if we are overweight, we have more joint aches, back problems, and a higher risk for diabetes. But you may not be aware that excess stores of body fat can trigger inflammation throughout the body that complicates a wide range of common illnesses.… Read more