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Killer stomach acid: Who can survive the acid bath?
A spoonful of fresh yogurt or a forkful of sauerkraut, and a journey reminiscent of an epic drama begins inside us. But while we are still enjoying the taste, billions of microorganisms are already heading for what is...
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Do Probiotics Help With Heartburn?
Heartburn is common and extremely unpleasant. Stomach acid flows back into the esophagus, causing the typical burning sensation.
This episode deals with reflux and heartburn and whether probiotics can help. It...
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How Your Gut Shapes Your Fitness
Training feels good. It brings structure, clarity, strength. And yet almost everyone knows that moment when performance suddenly stops improving. Despite discipline, despite routine, despite well designed training....
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Bloating: What Your Gut Is Really Trying to Tell You
Bloating is not random. It is the result of a highly active biological system. This episode explains how the large intestine functions as an anaerobic bioreactor, why fermentation produces short-chain fatty acids such...
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Bacteria in the head? The mystery of the brain microbiome
Are there bacteria in the brain or not? In My Bacteria – Weekly Update, Dr. Jiri Snaidr gets to the bottom of the possible brain microbiome. The brain is considered sterile but new studies point to bacteria and fungi...
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Fiber – The Silent Power Within Your Gut
They influence digestion, metabolism, and the gut microbiota, regulate hormones like GLP-1 and PYY, and reach deep into biochemical processes.
This episode explores how fiber stabilizes blood sugar, lowers...
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The Invisible Enemy: Microplastics in the Microbiome
Microplastics have quietly become part of our bodies, found in water, food, blood, and even the brain. But their most profound impact may lie within the gut. Tiny plastic particles interact with the intestinal...
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Can you really change your microbiome?
Is your microbiome predetermined, or can you shape it through diet and lifestyle?
Fiber, probiotics, antibiotics, or even stool transplants – there are many ways to shape the microbiome. But which of these actually...
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Breath of Life: Can Airborne Bacteria Influence Our Health?
A podcast by Dr. Jiri Snaidr exploring the hidden world of microorganisms that shape our lives. Episode
We inhale them every day – tiny, invisible forms of life carried by every breath of air we take. This episode...
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Oxidative Stress: The Measures That Truly Protect
Free radicals in everyday life are an invisible threat. In this episode of My Bacteria – Weekly Update you’ll hear which measures truly protect your health.
Oxygen is essential for life – yet it can also turn into a...
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Poisonous oxygen: How your microbiome protects you
A breath brings both life and poison. Free radicals cause destructive oxidative stress in your cells. But your microbiome fights invisibly for you and your health.
Oxygen – the elixir of life and, at the same time, a...
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Sucralose - the sweet poison
Sucralose is marketed as a calorie-free sugar substitute and found in countless diet and light products. Yet growing scientific evidence shows it may disrupt the gut microbiome, trigger inflammation, and alter...
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