by Luke Yamaguchi | Aug 3, 2021 | Gut health
Fifty years ago, it would have been absurd to think that antibiotics are anything other than a miracle of modern medicine. But today, with our knowledge of the microbiome and its foundational role in health, we understand that antibiotics are not without consequence....
by Luke Yamaguchi | Oct 7, 2020 | Gut health
An estimated 1 in 36 children have autism in the United States according to a recent National Health Interview Survey.[1] Meanwhile, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate that autism affects 1 in 54 children.[2] In either case, it’s clear that...
by Luke Yamaguchi | Jan 1, 2020 | Gut health
One of my relatives was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer. Another family friend was just diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. They are both in their 70’s and live in Japan where cancer appears to be the number one leading cause of death.[1] In the United...
by Luke Yamaguchi | Jun 25, 2019 | Gut health
As the summer season approaches, sunscreen has become a hot topic in the news. A recent study by the FDA has brought sunscreen into the media spotlight, questioning the safety of certain chemicals commonly used in some sunscreens. The FDA’s recent study looked at 4...
by Luke Yamaguchi | May 18, 2018 | Gut health
Photo by Doctoroftcm - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link It all started with a crunch. An abdominal crunch. On a weighted ab machine at the college gym. I felt a strange twinge in my groin and thought to myself “that didn’t feel right.” Four years later, I was finally...
