BLIS Probiotics Blog

Push your body hard enough and it pushes back, and not always where you'd expect. Hard training opens a short window where your immune defences drop, which is often when a sore throat sneaks in and...

Menopause changes a lot more than your cycle. Your gut bacteria shift too, in ways researchers are only just starting to map properly, and that shift ripples out into digestion, sleep, mood and bon...

Everyone knows the feeling of a stomach in knots before something stressful, and most people have also noticed the reverse: a rough gut week makes everything else harder to cope with. That two-way ...

Your child brushes twice a day, does everything right, and the dentist still finds a spot of decay. It happens more than you'd think, and it's rarely a brushing problem. It's a bacterial one. Here'...

Key Takeaways Your gut is home to trillions of microbes carrying close to 3.3 million genes, which dwarfs the roughly 20,000 in your own DNA and lets them do jobs your body can't do alone. Roug...

Key Takeaways The gut-brain axis is the two-way communication network linking your digestive system and your brain, running through the vagus nerve, your immune system, hormones and bacterial met...

We often treat our mouths as an isolated ecosystem. We focus on brushing for a brighter smile or fresher breath, assuming the benefits stop at our teeth. However, modern medicine is uncovering a co...

When life gets demanding, it is common to notice that your health begins to slide. You might experience a sudden scratchy throat or find yourself catching every bug that goes around the office. Thi...

If you have ever felt that sharp, electric jolt after a sip of iced coffee or a spoonful of soup, you know how disruptive tooth sensitivity can be. It is a sudden, stinging pain that makes you drea...