Amy Loughman
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
- Feb 24, 2021
- 2 min
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
- Feb 22, 2021
- 3 min
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
- Feb 23, 2020
- 2 min
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
- Feb 11, 2020
- 2 min
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, 2019
- 3 min
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, 2018
- 4 min
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, 2018
- 3 min
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, 2018
- 3 min
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, 2018
- 3 min
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, 2017
- 2 min
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, 2017
- 1 min
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, 2017
- 4 min
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, 2017
- 3 min
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
- May 29, 2017
- 4 min
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
- Mar 12, 2017
- 2 min
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, 2017
- 7 min
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
- Jan 5, 2017
- 3 min
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
- Dec 4, 2016
- 1 min
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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Amy Loughman
- Nov 13, 2016
- 3 min
10 Reasons Fermented Foods are Not Just Hype
You might have heard about fermented foods. But there are so many crazy food fads going around these days — lemon juice detox, anyone? So...
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