The Microbiome Owner's Manual

French winemakers understand the microbial world. They understand inherent complexity, particularly in the interactions between the grape...

The food and flavor industries have taken over the job of adding taste to our food[i]. And we are being encouraged to accept that...

Fast industrial plants. So, here we are. All plants are like tomatoes. For the full expression of their genetic potential, they need to...

“Nevertheless, there is a substantial and growing body of evidence to support the claim that nutrient content of intensively bred crops...

A number of fad diets have emerged in recent years that support microbiome health to some degree. These diets insist on whole, fresh, and...

“Virtually all of the major tomato volatiles can be linked to compounds providing health benefits to humans.”[i] There is little...

We have been obsessed with diets for decades, but especially since the 1950s. Year by year, our fad diets have been getting more...

Some confusion is to be expected as to what healthy eating means. As easy as “just eat lots of plants” might seem, the agriculture and...

“Let me explain. No, it’s too much. Let me sum up.” -Inego Montoya (The Princess Bride) Michael Pollan summarized his advice for eating...

We have to think differently. It’s time to think not like 8 billion human individuals, but as a species that understands who we are and...

Prior to 1900, almost all of the corn eaten in the US was processed using the Native American alkali or lime method (called...

In addition to the concerns over antibiotics and food quality, our modern chemical world must take some heat for the health problems we...

Scene: A medieval castle and the village within its walls are under siege. The ranks of the soldiers have been depleted by injuries. The...

Losing our mutualists is like losing a limb Mutualists very likely either enhance, replace, or provide functions. We lose obligate...

Facultative mutualists: It's good to have a lot of friends. The wide variety of foods we eat means that we ingest a wide variety of...

Obligate mutualisms- We NEED them. Obligate mutualisms are evidence of a long and beneficial history of interaction between two organisms...

Good Bacteria vs Bad Bacteria? To put it very plainly, in our everyday life, there is no such thing as good bacteria or bad bacteria....