We need optimal brain function to carry out daily activities. From simple tasks like talking to more complex ones like painting, every single activity requires neurons in the brain to communicate with one antoher and work together. These kinds of activities, which...
Microbiota is a group of microbes living in every multicellular organism. In human, microbiota consists primarily of baceria and is located in the digestive tracts. Due to its many heath benefits, people nowadays are getting more and more interested in modulating the...
The consumers’ eating habits always change over time. Currently, there’s been a trend of eating healthy which emerged partly because of a significant increase in the prevalence of health problems in recent years, followed by the Covid-19 pandemic. This trend of eating...
Colorectal cancer is always said to be rich people’s problem. This is due to a belief that the wealthier someone is, the worse their diet gets. To save their time and make things easier for them, they tend to trade healthy foods for fast foods which contain little to...
What Are SCFAs and Why Are They Important for Our Health? Despibe being unable to digest by the body, it doesn’t mean that dietary fiber has no nutritional benefits whatsoever. Once it reaches the colon, dietary fiber will be fermented to produce Short Chain Fatty...
FiberCreme Enters Malaysia Market, Answers Growing Demands for Healthy Ingredients Being healthy allows people to do fun things. But let’s admit it, people don’t usually find it fun to try being healthy. Healthy life, for most people, would mean restriction from...
Consipation and diverticulosis are health issues that are often found. Some of the causes include these people’s habits of eating a lot of processed foods
That isn’t all. In the digestive tract, the indigestible fiber will become “food” for good bacteria living in it. The fiber will then be fermented by the bacteria and turned into short chain fatty acid (SCFA) that can be beneficial for the health.
Diabetes is non communicable disease characterized by high blood sugar (glucose) levels. Glucose plays a role in providing energy for our body cells, but over consumption may lead to damage to organs and tissues.