Conditions and your gut

Obesity is a disease, not a personal failing. Your gut bacteria help decide how you store fat and how hungry you feel. Changing what feeds them can change the outcome.

• FilmHack Your Health: The Secrets of Your GutNetflix · links gut microbes to weight gain; follows a patient working to lose weight
• ExpertDr. Sean O'MaraUses MRI scans to track visceral fat as patients change their diet
• ArticleWhat is visceral fat?Gut Smart Live
• GuideThe Living DietGut Smart Live · fermented foods with every meal
• StudiesLatest published researchPubMed · newest studies on the gut microbiome and this condition

• SeriesMasterClass: Gut HealthEpisode 1, The Microbes Among Us · fiber-rich foods like flaxseed and diabetes risk
• StudiesLatest published researchPubMed · newest studies on the gut microbiome and this condition

• SeriesMasterClass: Gut HealthEpisode 1, The Microbes Among Us · foods like flaxseed, chia and blueberries for heart health and cholesterol
• StudiesLatest published researchPubMed · newest studies on the gut microbiome and this condition

• SeriesMasterClass: Gut HealthEpisode 1, The Microbes Among Us · anti-inflammatory foods
• FilmHack Your Health: The Secrets of Your GutNetflix
• StudiesLatest published researchPubMed · newest studies on the gut microbiome and this condition

Conditions where the immune system attacks the body, such as lupus, multiple sclerosis and type 1 diabetes. Much of the immune system lives in the gut. See also rheumatoid arthritis.

• SeriesMasterClass: Gut HealthThe Sonnenburgs on gut habits that strengthen immunity
• FilmHack Your Health: The Secrets of Your GutNetflix
• StudiesLatest published researchPubMed · newest studies on the gut microbiome and this condition

Researchers have found that people with rheumatoid arthritis often carry a different mix of gut bacteria, and that some species may help trigger joint inflammation.

• StudiesLatest published researchPubMed · newest studies on the gut microbiome and this condition

Fat that builds up in the liver often travels with visceral fat. The gut and liver are directly connected, and gut bacteria affect how much fat the liver stores.

• ArticleWhat is visceral fat?Gut Smart Live
• StudiesLatest published researchPubMed · newest studies on the gut microbiome and this condition

Studies link inflammatory skin conditions to changes in gut bacteria, sometimes called the gut-skin axis.

• StudiesLatest published researchPubMed · newest studies on the gut microbiome and this condition

• SeriesMasterClass: Gut HealthDr. Emeran Mayer on the brain-gut system and bowel disorders
• FilmHack Your Health: The Secrets of Your GutNetflix · follows a patient living with digestive conditions
• StudiesLatest published researchPubMed · newest studies on the gut microbiome and this condition

• SeriesMasterClass: Gut HealthDr. Emeran Mayer on the gut-brain connection, mood and chronic stress
• FilmHack Your Health: The Secrets of Your GutNetflix · research linking gut microbes to depression and anxiety
• StudiesLatest published researchPubMed · newest studies on the gut microbiome and this condition

• SeriesMasterClass: Gut HealthDr. Emeran Mayer on the gut's role in brain disease
• FilmHack Your Health: The Secrets of Your GutNetflix · Parkinson's
• StudiesLatest published researchPubMed · newest studies on the gut microbiome and this condition

• FilmHack Your Health: The Secrets of Your GutNetflix · allergies
• AudioThe Second GenomeBBC Radio 4 · 3-part series; covers pets, infant gut bacteria and asthma
• StudiesLatest published researchPubMed · newest studies on the gut microbiome and this condition

• SeriesMasterClass: Gut HealthEpisode 1, The Microbes Among Us · fiber and plant compounds linked to lower risk
• StudiesLatest published researchPubMed · newest studies on the gut microbiome and this condition

• FilmHack Your Health: The Secrets of Your GutNetflix · fecal transplants as a treatment
• StudiesLatest published researchPubMed · newest studies on the gut microbiome and this condition