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Gut flora, also known as gastrointestinal flora, are the various microbes in our bodies (microbiome). They number more than 10 times the number of cells in the human body, up to 100 trillion cells. They also encode 100 times the number of genes (the metagenome) that a human possesses (the genome).

Vitamins such as biotin and vitamin K are made by gut flora. Also called gut microflora, intestinal flora, intestinal microflora, microflora and microbiota.

28 May 2024

By Ronny Allan

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Neuroendocrine Cancer Nutrition Series Article 3 – Gut Health

Diet and NutritionAntibiotics, Carcinoid syndrome, Carcinoid tumour, Diarrhea, Diet, Dysbiosis, FODMAP, Gut, Gut Flora, Hydrogen breath test, Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), Lactulose, Malabsorption, Midgut, Neuroendocrine, Neuroendocrine cancer, Nutrition, Probiotic, Proton pump inhibitors (PPI), Small intestine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), Small intestine NET (SI NET), Surgery

In this article, I'm discussing the use of probiotics to combat several issues including the general health of the 'gut' including IBS like symptoms, and the potential issue of small intestine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), all of which may be related in some way to Neuroendocrine Tumours. That said, these issue may be regular conditions, nothing to do with NET. Nutritional issues are one of the biggest challenges affecting most Neuroendocrine Cancer patients and nutrition and gut health can become more important issues. It is also a key factor in maintaining a decent quality of life and for most countries without…

23 May 2024

By Ronny Allan

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Neuroendocrine Cancer Nutrition Series Article 2 – Gastrointestinal Malabsorption

Diet and Nutrition, Living with Neuroendocrine Cancer, Survivorship, TreatmentB12, Bile acid diarrhea, Bile acid malabsorption, Bile acid sequestrant, Bile acids, Bile salt, Carcinoid syndrome, Digestive enzymes, Endocrine, Fat malabsorption, Fat soluble vitamins, Gallbladder, Gut Flora, Hormones, Iron Deficiency Anaemia, Lanreotide, Liver, Malabsorption, Neuroendocrine, Neuroendocrine cancer, Nutrition, Octreotide, Pancreatic cancer, Pancreatic NET (PanNET), Pernicious anaemia, Probiotic, Quality of LIfe (QoL), Side effect, Small intestine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), Small intestine NET (SI NET), Somatostatin analogues, Steatorrhea, Surgery, Vitamin ADEK, Vitamin B12, Water soluble vitamins

Neuroendocrine Cancer Nutrition Series Article 2 – Gastrointestinal Malabsorption is the second article in the Neuroendocrine Cancer Nutrition series. In the first article, I focused on Vitamin and Mineral deficiency risks for patients and there is a big overlap with the subject of Gastrointestinal Malabsorption. Those who remember the content will have spotted the risks pertaining to the inability to absorb particular vitamins and minerals. This comes under the general heading of Malabsorption and in Neuroendocrine Cancer patients, this can be caused or exacerbated by one or more of a number of factors relating to their condition. It's also worth pointing out that…

18 Dec 2023

By Ronny Allan

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Midgut neuroendocrine tumor patients have a depleted gut microbiome with a discriminative signature

Clinical Trials and Research, Patient AdvocacyCarcinoid syndrome, Gut Flora, Midgut, Small intestine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), Small intestine NET (SI NET)

What is the gut microbiome? According to Cleveland Clinic, your gut microbiome is a microscopic world within the world of your larger body. The trillions of microorganisms that live there affect each other and their environment in various ways. They also appear to influence many aspects of your overall health, both within your digestive system and outside of it. If you read their summary here, you can understand some of the implications of this study. However, as the study concluded, midgut NET patients have an altered gut microbiome which could suggest a role in NET development and provide novel targets…