Can You Reverse Type 2 Diabetes?
Can Probiotics Help Your Diabetes? Probiotics have become a greater research focus on increased antibiotic use, stress and the consumption of processed food and sugar are changing our gut bacteria. You may have heard a lot of buzz in the past few years about probiotics. Probiotics are a kind of bacteria found in our gut that can help with digestion. “They crowd out harmful bacteria and might even be an important mediator for other, more systemic diseases and disorders,” says Rachele Pojednic, an assistant professor of nutrition at Simmons College and a staff scientist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center at Harvard Medical School in Boston. There’s more and more evidence that probiotics can provide relief from diarrhoea or help to repopulate your gut after you’ve taken antibiotics. Researchers are even looking to the benefits of probiotics in foods or via supplements to help with weight regulation, mental health, immune health and i...