With children all over the UK enjoying the October half term this week, we wanted to give you some ideas of fun things to do that will keep them busy AND support their gut health at the same time! It is now well known that getting outside each day if possible is beneficial for health …
So why is autumn health so important? It feels as though we’ve made an overnight switch of seasons, with a sudden change to the warm days, misty mornings and rich seasonal colours that autumn brings us. The return to school for those with children and move to spend more time inside may mean more challenges …
If you’re anything like us at ProVen, you’ll be looking for healthy bacteria-rich alternatives to alcoholic drinks to enjoy over the festive season. Many people immediately think of kombucha – a fizzy, fermented tea – when considering healthy alternative non-alcoholic drinks, but have you heard of tepache? Tepache is a delicious Mexican favourite that the …
Microbes in living environments Microbes are everywhere in the biosphere, and their presence invariably affects the environment that they are growing in. Perhaps unsurprisingly, researchers have found that the bacteria and chemicals in city homes differ greatly from those found in jungle huts. Whilst city homes are rife with industrial chemicals, cleaning agents and fungi, jungle huts were …
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The development of the microbiome (gut bacteria) is essential for life and develops throughout the first 2-3 years of life, after which its configuration is set for the rest of our lives. Until recently, a baby’s gut was considered to be sterile until birth, when bacteria from the birth canal and the environment initiated the …
Kissing and Bacteria You might think that the link between kissing and probiotics is tenuous, but did you know… …We have an oral microbiome that can be influenced by intimate kissing …The oral microbiome is shared in couples with relatively high kissing frequency …A 10-second kiss results in an average of 80 million bacteria transferred …
We all look forward to our holidays and, with travel bans across the world being lifted, this summer is going to see more of us venturing abroad for sun and sea. But how can you take care of your travel health when away from home? Being in a different part of the world exposes us …
