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How can a probiotic support your liver health?

The liver is well named – it is a vital organ to help us live, and yet so often taken for granted. We wouldn’t be able to survive one day without our liver, so it benefits us to find out more about it and, crucially, the best way to look after it. Recent studies show...

Could microbes help you manage your IBS symptoms?

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a common chronic disorder which affects the intestines. The symptoms often cause discomfort and include bloating, constipation, cramping, gas or diarrhoea. Although pretty unpleasant, most people find they can manage their symptoms...

Do you want a healthy garden that is full of life? Try using probiotics

It is common to think about using probiotics for our gut health, but at microbz we like to take a holistic approach to incorporating microbes into our lives and the environments we inhabit. As the seasons change, and the warmer weather starts to re-appear, one of...

Can love and kindness support your health?

We all know that it’s good to be kind and love each other, but have you ever considered that it might actually be beneficial to your health? Sue and Jeff have created a core ethos of seeing health and wellbeing from a holistic approach that incorporates physical,...

Did you know that synthetic chemicals are in your blood, in your food and in every room in your home?

It is a scary reality that the homes that we live in and the products that we buy have a serious impact on our health and in combination they contribute to a chemical ‘body burden’ that each of us carries. This issue was covered in ‘My Toxic Cocktail’ on BBC Radio 4,...

Hit the gym with the UK’s first probiotic specially formulated to support athletes

In 2021 we were asked by a few different customers about making a probiotic to support fitness. They wanted a product that could support the body to heal and recover after training sessions. So we got together with Patti, our medical herbalist, and asked her to have a...

Make 2022 the year of your wellbeing with our 90-day gut reboot

Now that the turkey has been eaten, the presents opened, and the sherry put back in the cupboard we are in that glorious time between Christmas and New Year when we can relax, finish the chocolates, and look forward to a new ye I think we can all agree that 2021 threw...

Tis the season to be jolly, but will a probiotic help you recover from your hangover?

It’s a fact of life, like the sun rising every morning in the East, that most of us who drink, drink more at Christmas. Research from 2019 revealed that 61% of drinkers in the UK over-indulge with alcohol over the festive season. As well as drinking more we also...

How can a probiotic get your poo moving?

Constipation: it happens to most of us at some point in our lives. It can make you feel uncomfortable, bloated, and sluggish. We get asked all the time if Bio-Live will work for people who suffer from chronic or regular constipation and the answer is, of course, yes....

How much do you trust nature?

Week after week scientific trials reveal more about how crucial our microbiome is. Just this week we hear that gut microbes interact with a number of medicines (antidepressants, pain relief) to give different side effects for different people and that our...

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Our blog tells you more about what microbes do, how they work and how they can help you. You’ll hear from people who use them, learn about the ingredients we use and how microbes are helping people all over the world.

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