Amy Loughman, PhD
Forest schools and the microbiome
We've heard all about eating for your gut, and your gut microbiome. More fibre, more plants. But what about the plant matter and natural...
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Amy Loughman, PhD
May 21, 20213 min read
Eating for the brain: do macronutrients matter?
What we eat affects our brains just as much as our bodies. Unfortunately, many people’s diets are not optimal, increasing the risk of...
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Amy Loughman, PhD
Feb 24, 20212 min read
Brain health - it's worth mouthing off about
Increasingly, we are understanding that brain health is not just about the brain; the whole body is involved. It was the intuitive truth...
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Amy Loughman, PhD
Feb 22, 20213 min read
Intermittent fasting - will your microbes be happier for it?
This week I was asked to provide some background information on intermittent fasting for a science show on the ABC, Australia's public...
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Amy Loughman, PhD
Feb 23, 20202 min read
Gut Bacteria and Parkinson’s disease: What we know, and where to go from here?
While it may initially seem farfetched that bacteria in our gut can affect physiological processes occurring within the brain in Parkinson’s
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Amy Loughman, PhD
Feb 11, 20202 min read
The microbiome, your memory and my nerves - a podcast
After a nervous listen, I am pleasantly surprised at the sound of my own voice on a podcast called Memory Health Made Easy.
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Dr Amy Loughman
May 21, 20193 min read
Lets have a Pint of Science!
Tonight I’m talking ‘Your gut, brain and bacteria’ as part of a worldwide festival called the Pint of Science. Thousands of scientists...
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Dr Amy Loughman & Madeline West
Dec 17, 20184 min read
Delicious foods and AGEing...
You may have heard about AGEs - yet another fancy term for something that is apparently bad for our health. AGEs are allegedly another...
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Madeline West & Dr Amy Loughman
Jul 17, 20183 min read
The Alzheimer’s disease puzzle Part 2: Clues from the microbiome
In the previous article, we discussed limitations of current drug treatment approaches for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and the growing...
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Madeline West & Dr Amy Loughman
Jul 8, 20183 min read
The Alzheimer’s disease puzzle Part 1: An unsolved disease
Watching a loved one’s gradual decline from Alzheimer’s Disease is no easy feat. My family experienced this first hand as we watched my...
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Tanya Freijy
Apr 4, 20183 min read
Probiotics, Prebiotics, and Gut Feelings
We have trillions of bacteria living inside us, with most residing in our gut. Until recently, it has been challenging to explore our gut...
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Dr Caitlin Cowan
Dec 21, 20172 min read
Inheriting gut feelings? Can a probiotic treatment help us to overcome our (family) history?
We’re learning exciting new things about the microbiome all the time. As a psychologist and a neuroscientist, I’m most interested in how...
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Dr Amy Loughman
Nov 29, 20171 min read
Catalyst to a Gut Revolution?
Last month, the ABC aired The Gut Revolution: A Catalyst Special, a 2-part documentary about the role of the gut microbiome in two common...
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Dr Sarah Dash
Oct 5, 20174 min read
Food & Mood: Why what we eat is important to our mental health
So what is the real story behind the food-mood link? What kinds of foods affect the brain, and how? Sarah is one of my colleagues at the...
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Dr Emma Beckett
Jul 16, 20173 min read
What is epigenetics, and how does it affect me?
A concept that is strongly linked to the microbiome and its impact on the body, is epigenetics. As Dr Emma Beckett explains in this...
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Amy Loughman, PhD
May 29, 20174 min read
What does baby poo have to do with well-behaved toddlers?
Update: February 2020 This week, the journal article that the presentation I describe below was finally published! It was the longest...
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Amy Loughman, PhD
Mar 12, 20172 min read
Wild Fermentation in Australia’s Deep South
On a recent trip to visit my sister in Hobart, Tasmania, I met up with Ronald, of the Hobart-based fermenting outfit, Southern Wild. I...
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Dr. Sarah Bray & Amy Loughman
Jan 18, 20177 min read
Gut Microbes & Your Health 101
So…what is the gut microbiome anyway? The gut microbiome is the combined genetic material of a community of microorganisms that live in...
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Amy Loughman, PhD
Jan 5, 20173 min read
At the Frontiers of Microbiome Research
A few weeks ago, I attended a microbiome conference as part of the Frontiers of Science, an initiative of the Australian Academy of...
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Amy Loughman, PhD
Dec 4, 20161 min read
Gut-Brain-Microbiome Axis (a taster)
Last week I attended an incredibly inspiring meeting of Australian early and mid-career researchers working in the microbiome field, an...
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