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Metabolic Fatty Liver: Why It Is Not Just a Liver Problem
Fatty liver is one of the most common findings on abdominal ultrasound. Very often, patients discover incidentally that they have “hepatic steatosis”, even though liver enzymes may be normal and symptoms are absent or nonspecific: fatigue, abdominal heaviness, slow digestion,...
Why Do We Need Prebiotics? The Role of Fermentable Substrates in Microbiome, Metabolic and Intestinal Barrier Homeostasis
IntroductionOver the past decades, dietary fiber has undergone a fundamental reinterpretation. From a simple non-digestible component of the diet, long considered “roughage,” it has become a central element in understanding the relationship between nutrition, the gut microbiome, metabolism and inflammation....
Histamine Intolerance: From Apparently Unexplained Symptoms to Cellular Mechanisms, the Microbiome and a Personalized Approach
Histamine intolerance is a complex condition in which the body is unable to efficiently degrade histamine coming from food, produced by the microbiome, or released from its own immune cells. The result is the accumulation of histamine above the individual...
SIBO – Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth: Symptoms, Causes and Personalized Approach
SIBO, or Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth, is a digestive condition in which an excessive number of bacteria develop in the small intestine.Normally, the largest bacterial population is found in the colon. The small intestine also contains bacteria, but in much...
Chronic Bloating: A Functional Symptom or the Expression of a Complex Digestive Imbalance?
From Dysbiosis, SIBO and Helicobacter pylori to Personalized Nutritional MedicineAbdominal bloating is one of the most common digestive symptoms encountered in medical practice. For some patients, it is an occasional, transient discomfort related to diet or meal timing. For others,...
The Gut Microbiome: The “Invisible Organ” That Can Influence Digestion, Immunity and Weight
The gut microbiome is one of the most important topics in modern medicine. Although we cannot see it or feel it directly, it influences digestion, immunity, metabolism, inflammation and even our overall sense of well-being every day.The microbiome refers to...
Biological Longevity: How Can We Age in a Healthier Way?
Longevity does not simply mean living longer. It means, above all, living better for longer.In modern medicine, the focus is gradually shifting from merely extending lifespan to preserving health, autonomy, and functional capacity. This concept is known as healthspan —...
Functional and Regenerative Medicine: From Symptom to Biological Mechanism
Why This Approach ExistsIn current medical practice, patients with multiple chronic symptoms often follow a familiar and frustrating path: consultations with several specialists, fragmented investigations, partial or overlapping diagnoses, and treatments that address each symptom separately — without the complete...