The American Diabetes Association announced the findings of the comprehensive Diabetes Prevention Program. The Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) was conducted at over 25 medical centers nationwide and involved thousands of participants who volunteered to have their habits monitored and to follow dietary and exercise recommendations. All participants had been diagnosed with 'pre-diabetes', a condition where the blood sugar levels are higher than normal, but not yet in diabeti

You may have heard about probiotics and prebiotics — and that your gut health is important for good health. But what’s it all about? Bacteria, viruses, fungi, and other microscopic living things are called microbes — what many people call “germs.” We’re used to thinking of germs as something to avoid. But the truth is that we’ve evolved for millions of years to live with microbes in and on our bodies. You actually have around 40 trillion bacterial cells in and on you. Not onl