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How microbes help IBS: rebalancing the gut, calming the nervous system and restoring trust in your body

How microbes help IBS: rebalancing the gut, calming the nervous system and restoring trust in your body

What is IBS? Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a common but complex digestive condition that affects how the gut functions, rather than its structure. That means routine tests often come back “norm...

How your liver and gut microbes work together to protect your health

How your liver and gut microbes work together to protect your health

Your liver is a super organ. Not only is it the largest solid organ in your body, about the size of a rugby ball, it also performs over 500 vital functions, starting with filtering out toxins, brea...

Antioxidants: why they matter more than ever

Antioxidants: why they matter more than ever

Did you know that every day, your body is under quiet attack? Not from anything dramatic like a lion or a hurricane, but from the small stuff like stress, pollution, poor air quality, processed foo...

Introducing microbz Men; supporting men's gut health and wellbeing

Introducing microbz Men; supporting men's gut health and wellbeing

Most men don’t talk about feeling run-down; they just get on with it. But what if that slow loss of energy, focus and drive wasn’t inevitable? Enter microbz men. Created by a man, for men to help y...

Soil, microbes and the mind

Soil, microbes and the mind

Mental health is about reflecting on the invisible forces that shape how we feel, think and cope. At microbz, we believe one of those invisible forces lives not in our heads, but under our feet. Th...

5 ways biodiversity is underpinned by microbes – and what we see from our experience

5 ways biodiversity is underpinned by microbes – and what we see from our experience

Did you know that microbes are the invisible architects of life on Earth? From the soil beneath our feet to the oceans that cover our planet, microbes are quietly shaping the conditions for life to...

How, when and why you should take probiotics

How, when and why should I take probiotics

Your body is a wonderful ecosystem. It is teeming with trillions of bacteria. Over the last 30 years, evidence has been mounting that many aspects of our health are closely intertwined with the div...

Happy and healthy woman smiling, symbolizing balance, well-being, and the power of probiotics in supporting women's health through life's challenges

Celebrating women: How probiotics can support health through life’s challenges

Being a woman is a celebration. Especially today.  I was born female and, while I haven’t loved hormonal swings and having periods, and I dislike society’s emphasis on our bodies, I do mostly like ...

A woman in bed sick after getting a virus and taking antibiotics which can contribute to antimicrobial resistance

Antibiotics, Probiotics & Prebiotics

Over a century ago, Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, and since then, millions of lives have been saved with antibiotics. Now, with recent advances in electron microscopes over the last 30 y...

Two friends hugging after finding out one of them has been diagnosed with IBS

How do I manage IBS? Don’t suffer in silence – there is help

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a common digestive disorder that affects millions of people worldwide. According to recent statistics, it is estimated that 10-15% of the global population experie...

Stress, gut health, and the microbiome: how to support your gut brain axis

Stress, gut health, and the microbiome: how to support your gut brain axis

Stress has become a constant companion for many of us in modern life. From meeting work deadlines to navigating relationships, paying bills, or dealing with unexpected challenges, the sources of st...

A woman in a field with the sunset thinking How to improve gut health to help alleviate menopause and perimenopause symptoms

How to improve gut health to help alleviate menopause and perimenopause symptoms

A healthy gut microbiome can help alleviate a number of symptoms of menopause and perimenopause – and not just those linked to the digestive system, this is due to the symbiosis between the gut mic...

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The cycle of life: what soil microbes teach us about death, decay andenewal

The cycle of life: what soil microbes teach us about death, decay andenewal

Have you thought much about the cycle of life? About how in nature everything moves through stages, not with a clear beginning or end, but through a continuous rhythm of growth, flourishing, declin...

Soil health is human health

Soil health is human health

We know that a wide range of beneficial microbes in the human gut are essential for food digestion and nutrient absorption. The gut is a miraculous single-celled lining through which we absorb what...

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What is a healthy female flora?

First, what do we mean by flora? Flora describes the community of microscopic bacteria that exist on or inside the body. Female flora is the microbes associated with vaginal health; you may also he...

women in pain with endometriosis

How is your gut health linked to endometriosis?

What is Endometriosis? Endometriosis can be a long-term painful condition where tissue like the lining of the womb grows in other places, like the ovaries and fallopian tubes. One in 10 women has i...

Five Ways You Can Support Good Digestion

Five Ways You Can Support Good Digestion

Every day we eat breakfast in the morning and by lunch time that food has been organised by our bodies into what it needs now to function, stored energy to be utilised later and waste. What a mirac...

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10 ways probiotics help women

We celebrate the power of women all year around, but we love the way in which International Women's Day shines a light on women's and girls' issues every March. Here at our family-run business it's...

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What is the difference between a prebiotic and a probiotic?

The first week of November is Global Prebiotics Week. Anything which promotes a conversation about gut health and awareness is good for us, but it got us thinking: is it universally understood what...

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Back to School: a great time to boost those growing immune systems

Do you, like most parents, have a lot on your mind during the busy back to school season? New schedules, new teachers and stocking up on new uniforms. But making sure your kids are ready for the s...

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Suffering with heartburn? Here's how to address the underlying causes

Gastroesophageal Reflux is the scientific name given to what we all know more commonly as either acid reflux or heartburn. It's likely that you'd have experienced it at some point in your life, per...

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The relationship between the gut and your skin and how to look after both

You've probably heard a fair bit about the gut microbiome but we're predicting probiotic skincare becoming the next HUGE buzzword. To get ahead of the curve, we've pulled together what you need to ...

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Why is water so important?

Speaking plainly: water is crucial to sustaining life. This is true on both on an individual basis - around 60% of our bodies is made up of water - and on a global scale, around 70% of our planet. ...