GABA in your gut may be the key to restful sleep
The first correlative study connecting the diversity of the gut microbiome to sleep in humans found that people with a diverse gut microbiome correlates with many sleep benefits.
Exploring Beneficial Metabolites in the Gut: Meet Butyrate
Gut health is the concept of overall wellness that relates to the gut as a crucial player in many bodily functions, including digestion, immunity, and even mental health. What’s become clear in recent years is the importance of the microbial component of the gut: the...
Postbiotics: The Highest Utilization of Diet and Probiotics
Many people like to kick off the New Year with a list of resolutions to enhance their lives. A 2019 study reported that in the US, the top three New Year resolutions are healthy eating, exercise, and weight loss.1 Despite the mass desire for a healthier lifestyle,...
Beyond Gut Health: Psychobiotics and the Gut-Brain Axis
Beneficial microbes have been used throughout human history and are found in numerous functional foods across the world. We now can grow and preserve these beneficial microbes as probiotic capsules to sell them independently of the functional foods they were...
Are Fermented Oats Finally Having their Moment?
Here at Verb, we believe that one food has the potential to emerge as a fermented powerhouse: oats.
Reframing probiotics: Making metabolites the effectiveness standard
Why functional metabolites vs. CFUs provide an effective measurement for probiotic potency.