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Dealing with Fatigue: It’s not a problem, it’s a symptom

Dealing with Fatigue: It’s not a problem, it’s a symptom

You don’t have energy to get through the day. Where can you turn when you experience fatigue, if not stimulants?

FACTS ABOUT FADS: 4 Ways Trendy Dieting is Hurting Your Health

Nutrition

FACTS ABOUT FADS: 4 Ways Trendy Dieting is Hurting Your Health

Fad diets come and go for a reason. Learn why trendy dieting may actually be harming your health rather than helping.

Are Antimicrobial Cleaning Products Making Children Fat? New Study Says Yes

Are Antimicrobial Cleaning Products Making Children Fat? New Study Says Yes

Everyday household cleaners may be contributing to obesity in children by altering their gut microbiome, a new study says.

Top 5 Ways to Spot a Fad Diet

Top 5 Ways to Spot a Fad Diet

Are you getting bad advice on how to lose weight? Learn about fad diets, which are trendy and often ineffective ways to lose weight or improve your health.kp;'[

Scientists Uncover Brand New Landscapes while Mapping the Gut Microbiome

Scientists Uncover Brand New Landscapes while Mapping the Gut Microbiome

From Microbe to Man: Viome's Clinical Research Initiatives

Research

From Microbe to Man: Viome's Clinical Research Initiatives

Learn about our scientific quest to understand root causes of chronic diseases and design precision diets for everyone, so we can all live a long, healthy life.

Hot Dogs and Headaches: Saying ‘NO’ to Migraines

Hot Dogs and Headaches: Saying ‘NO’ to Migraines

Doctors are looking more toward dietary triggers that may be responsible for migraines, including nitric oxide.

Skin Problems? What Your Dermatologist Might Not Tell You

Skin Problems? What Your Dermatologist Might Not Tell You

The connection between skin problems and your gut health

Is Your Biological Age Your True Age?

Longevity

Is Your Biological Age Your True Age?

Is the chronological age of your body your real age? Or are there other factors to look at when considering how old you really are?

The Neurodegenerative Disease: Alzheimer’s and the Gut Microbiome

The Neurodegenerative Disease: Alzheimer’s and the Gut Microbiome

Cervical Cancer and the Vaginal Microbiome

Science

Cervical Cancer and the Vaginal Microbiome

With cervical cancer, the vaginal and cervical microbiome have a close relationship to women’s reproductive health. Learn more about the connection.

Could Your Gut Microbiome Hold the Answer to New Antibiotics?

Could Your Gut Microbiome Hold the Answer to New Antibiotics?

5 Tips for Top Mitochondrial Health

5 Tips for Top Mitochondrial Health

Mitochondria are the power generators that provide us the energy we need to move, adapt, and evolve.

Precision Supplements vs. ‘Personalized’ Supplements: What’s the difference?

Precision Supplements vs. ‘Personalized’ Supplements: What’s the difference?

Are “personalized” supplements truly made for you and your body? What makes Viome Precision Supplements different?

10 Ways to Invest in Your Health

10 Ways to Invest in Your Health

Ten tips to help you invest in your health and improve your immunity. Viome can help!

Bacteria Beware: How Scientists are Frightening Antibiotic-Resistant Bugs

Bacteria Beware: How Scientists are Frightening Antibiotic-Resistant Bugs

Unlock the Secret to Better Metabolism Through Your Gut Microbiome

Science

Unlock the Secret to Better Metabolism Through Your Gut Microbiome

Learn about how your gut health impacts metabolism, and some of the myths behind metabolism.

Viome’s Health Intelligence Service reveals 5 new health score categories with the introduction of the world’s first human gene expression test

Viome’s Health Intelligence Service reveals 5 new health score categories with the introduction of the world’s first human gene expression test

Viome introduces 5 new health scores with NEW Health Intelligence™ service.

Parkinson’s and the Gut Microbiome: A Steady Start to a New Era of Research

Parkinson’s and the Gut Microbiome: A Steady Start to a New Era of Research

Efforts to understand the cause of Parkinson's Disease has created a dynamic movement of exciting new research. Read about the potential gut health connection.

Why RNA, and Not DNA: How Viome Assesses Microbial Activity

Science

Why RNA, and Not DNA: How Viome Assesses Microbial Activity

If you’re considering changing your lifestyle to embrace a healthier diet, we have a scientifically reliable test to be your guide.

Foods for Gut Health? Separating Facts from Myths

Gut Health

Foods for Gut Health? Separating Facts from Myths

Raw vs. Cooked - What’s the best way to eat your vegetables?

Raw vs. Cooked - What’s the best way to eat your vegetables?

What Your Poop Says About You

Gut Health

What Your Poop Says About You

A Guide to Your Viome Results

A Guide to Your Viome Results

You've received your Viome test results. Now what? Here we discuss how all of the words in your results are tied together.

The Key to a Longer Life Span

The Key to a Longer Life Span

At this time, immortality is out of our reach – but that doesn’t mean we can’t take control of our longevity.

3 Types of Personalized Nutrition Companies That Aren’t Being Honest With You

3 Types of Personalized Nutrition Companies That Aren’t Being Honest With You

The Gut Microbiome and Sleep: 3 Ways Your Gut Can Impact Your Sleeping Patterns

Wellness

The Gut Microbiome and Sleep: 3 Ways Your Gut Can Impact Your Sleeping Patterns

Having trouble sleeping well? Your gut may be to blame. Learn three ways your gut microbiome can impact your sleep.

Gut Health and Cancer

Gut Health and Cancer

Recently, some studies have suggested that the gut microbiome may have a larger part to play with cancer development and outcome than previously thought.

How Viome is Redefining the One-Size-Fits-All Health Industry

How Viome is Redefining the One-Size-Fits-All Health Industry

The “Superfood” Conundrum: How Someone’s Superfood May Not Be So Super for You

Nutrition

The “Superfood” Conundrum: How Someone’s Superfood May Not Be So Super for You

One of the most common mistakes we make is assuming one superfood is a super food for all and frankly, our gut microbiome has its own opinion on that.

Exploring Supplements: What Do I Actually Need?

Exploring Supplements: What Do I Actually Need?

Healthy Glowing Skin From the Inside Out

Wellness

Healthy Glowing Skin From the Inside Out

The gut microbiome and skin health.

Health Intelligence Company Viome Supports Our Local Farmers Markets

Health Intelligence Company Viome Supports Our Local Farmers Markets

Through our “Power of Giving” programs, Viome promotes employee engagement and initiatives that focus on health and wellness, food and nutrition, and girls in STEM.

Time to Table the Salt? How Salt May Be Affecting Your Microbiome

Time to Table the Salt? How Salt May Be Affecting Your Microbiome

The American Diet is known for its high salt content. New studies show how sodium intake can impact your gut microbiome health and overall wellness.

How the trendy (and unhealthy) Dad Bod is connected to your gut microbiome health

Gut Health

How the trendy (and unhealthy) Dad Bod is connected to your gut microbiome health

Not only is the "Dad Bod" unhealthy, it can be connected to your gut health.

TMI on TMAO? How Your Diet Impacts Your Heart Health

TMI on TMAO? How Your Diet Impacts Your Heart Health

Gut Health and Disease: Is the Microbiome the Key to Curing Chronic Diseases?

Gut Health

Gut Health and Disease: Is the Microbiome the Key to Curing Chronic Diseases?

Our gut microbiome is one of our most important human organs. Is it the key to curing chronic diseases?

Let’s Talk About Depression

Let’s Talk About Depression

Learn how an imbalance in the microbiome may contribute to an imbalance in the brain, potentially causing depression and other disorders.

Race to 2 Million: Join Us In the Battle Against Chronic Diseases

Race to 2 Million: Join Us In the Battle Against Chronic Diseases

Are We On Our Way To Personalized Medicine? Scientists Dive Into the Impact of the Gut Microbiome On Drug Response

Are We On Our Way To Personalized Medicine? Scientists Dive Into the Impact of the Gut Microbiome On Drug Response

Types of Acne, Treatments, and How Your Gut Microbiome Affects Your Skin Health

Wellness

Types of Acne, Treatments, and How Your Gut Microbiome Affects Your Skin Health

What are the different types of acne and treatments? How does the gut microbiome affect skin health?

High-Priced Beauty Products vs. Beauty from the Inside Out

High-Priced Beauty Products vs. Beauty from the Inside Out

Learn about the gut-skin connection

Your Gut Reveals Your Age

Your Gut Reveals Your Age

Recent research has shown that one factor of aging and longevity is likely the microbial composition of our gut.

Understanding Your Viome Scores

Understanding Your Viome Scores

We are excited to share with you the scientific vision behind your Viome scores! Learn about the scientific terms and results in your Viome app.

Did Your Gut Bacteria Give You Food Poisoning?

Gut Health

Did Your Gut Bacteria Give You Food Poisoning?

17 Grocery Shopping Tips to Make Your Life Less Stressful—and More Healthy

Lifestyle

17 Grocery Shopping Tips to Make Your Life Less Stressful—and More Healthy

How to stick to a diet according to Science

How to stick to a diet according to Science

Read these 10 tips from Viome to help you stick to your diet once and for all.

Being Proactive About Your Health: Your Microbiome, Early Cancer Detection, and More

Being Proactive About Your Health: Your Microbiome, Early Cancer Detection, and More

What are the possibilities that this connection between the human microbiome and cancer helps create for better outcomes?

The Microbiome and Weight Gain: Everything We Know So Far

The Microbiome and Weight Gain: Everything We Know So Far

Recent studies show that there may be more to obesity than balancing caloric intake. Find out more about the connection between weight gain and the gut.

Heal Your Heart Through Your Gut: Understanding the Gut-Heart Connection

Gut Health

Heal Your Heart Through Your Gut: Understanding the Gut-Heart Connection

Do gut health and conditions like leaky gut and SIBO impact heart health?

10 Things Viome's Gut Test Can Reveal About Your Gut Microbiome

10 Things Viome's Gut Test Can Reveal About Your Gut Microbiome

Pucker Up: Each Kiss Swaps 80 Million Oral Microbes

Pucker Up: Each Kiss Swaps 80 Million Oral Microbes

Scientifically, why do we kiss and exactly how many microbes you and your partner swap with each kiss?

The Mind-Gut Connection – How Your Gut Microbiome Controls Your Behavior

Science

The Mind-Gut Connection – How Your Gut Microbiome Controls Your Behavior

19 Science-Backed Ways to Improve Your Gut Health

Gut Health

19 Science-Backed Ways to Improve Your Gut Health

Improve Insulin Sensitivity Through Gut Health

Gut Health

Improve Insulin Sensitivity Through Gut Health

The Cost in Healthcare No One is Talking About (Hint: It’s You)

The Cost in Healthcare No One is Talking About (Hint: It’s You)

Did You Know Gut Microbes Can Affect Cancer Treatment Response?

Did You Know Gut Microbes Can Affect Cancer Treatment Response?

Imagine going in for a disease treatment and your doctor prescribes you probiotics so you respond better. That’s the direction cancer treatment is heading.

Why Scientists Are Searching the Gut for Cures to All Chronic Diseases

Why Scientists Are Searching the Gut for Cures to All Chronic Diseases

Meet Guru - Viome’s Chief Technology Officer

Science

Meet Guru - Viome’s Chief Technology Officer

Is Facebook Messing With Your Gut-Brain Balance?

Is Facebook Messing With Your Gut-Brain Balance?

Ready for a Retest? 5 Signs You're Ready to Level Up

Ready for a Retest? 5 Signs You're Ready to Level Up

The Case of the Blood Sugar Disease: A Brief History of Diabetes

Wellness

The Case of the Blood Sugar Disease: A Brief History of Diabetes

Who’s Really In Control? How Your Gut Microbiome Impacts Your Mental Health

Who’s Really In Control? How Your Gut Microbiome Impacts Your Mental Health

Learn more about the gut-brain axis.

The Microbiome Obesity Connection

The Microbiome Obesity Connection

Losing weight can be challenging. However, it doesn’t require the same approach for everyone.

Is Gut Imbalance to Blame for Your Hormonal Changes?

Gut Health

Is Gut Imbalance to Blame for Your Hormonal Changes?

Learn more about how your microbiome can affect your endocrine system and estrogen levels.

Gas? Bloating? Do Probiotics Help? Gas-X? What to Do for TRUE Digestive Relief

Gut Health

Gas? Bloating? Do Probiotics Help? Gas-X? What to Do for TRUE Digestive Relief

Gas and bloating are some of the most common digestive issues people have today. Do probiotics help? How about antacid and Gas-X?

Your Baby’s Miraculous Microbiome – Set Them Up for Life

Nutrition

Your Baby’s Miraculous Microbiome – Set Them Up for Life

You may not have considered that your baby isn't the only new member of your family.

Inflammation, Immunity and the Brain: Part 3

Inflammation, Immunity and the Brain: Part 3

Viome research is constantly unmasking complex relationships between our blood, our brain, the health of the rest of our body, and our immunity.

No Guts, No Glory – 9 Ways The Gut Microbiome Impacts Athletic Performance

No Guts, No Glory – 9 Ways The Gut Microbiome Impacts Athletic Performance

When it comes to athletes, gut bacteria significantly influences how they perform and how fast they recover.

7 Things You Should Know Before Taking Pre and Probiotics

7 Things You Should Know Before Taking Pre and Probiotics

Learn everything you need to know before starting a biotics regimen.

Meet Your Second Brain: The Gut Microbiome and Your Digestion

Meet Your Second Brain: The Gut Microbiome and Your Digestion

Inflammation, Immunity, and the Blood: Part 2

Inflammation, Immunity, and the Blood: Part 2

It’s Personal! Introducing the Best Supplements and Probiotics for Men

Nutrition

It’s Personal! Introducing the Best Supplements and Probiotics for Men

Selecting the best probiotic, vitamins and supplements for men may be easier than you think. Let your body choose for you!

Your Path to Glowing, Radiant Skin: The Best Vitamins, Supplements, and Probiotics for YOUR Skin

Your Path to Glowing, Radiant Skin: The Best Vitamins, Supplements, and Probiotics for YOUR Skin

Learn about the skin-gut axis.

Viome Precision Supplements and Health Intelligence: Your Tools to Help Support Your Immunity this Cold and Flu Season

Viome Precision Supplements and Health Intelligence: Your Tools to Help Support Your Immunity this Cold and Flu Season

Understand the gut microbiome’s role in your immunity

Can’t Lose Weight? 3 Ways Your Gut Bacteria Could Be to Blame

Gut Health

Can’t Lose Weight? 3 Ways Your Gut Bacteria Could Be to Blame

A healthy gut microbiome makes being healthy easier, while a toxic microbiome contributes to declining health. That means maintaining a healthy weight and more.

The Health Intelligence Biological Age Score gains NEW ground!

The Health Intelligence Biological Age Score gains NEW ground!

Prebiotics, Probiotics, or Synbiotics - Which is right for you?

Prebiotics, Probiotics, or Synbiotics - Which is right for you?

Is Turmeric Really Good for You? (And 4 Other Supplements You Might Not Know!)

Is Turmeric Really Good for You? (And 4 Other Supplements You Might Not Know!)

It feels like everyone is taking a supplement that they absolutely swear by, but is it guaranteed to work?

Metatranscriptomic Analysis — The Next Frontier in Microbiome Technology is Available Today

Metatranscriptomic Analysis — The Next Frontier in Microbiome Technology is Available Today

Read all about Metatranscriptomic Analysis , the next frontier in microbiome technology.

Exploring New Health Intelligence Scores with Biohacker Ben Greenfield’s Results

Exploring New Health Intelligence Scores with Biohacker Ben Greenfield’s Results

Biohacker Ben Greenfield wanted to share his results from this breakthrough new technology with his followers, as well as ours.

Anxious? Feeling Sad? Is Your Gut Microbiome to Blame?

Wellness

Anxious? Feeling Sad? Is Your Gut Microbiome to Blame?

Though we've been told depression and anxiety are chemical imbalances of the brain, research is revealing a new player in the game: the gut microbiome.

How I Reversed My Autoimmune Condition with a Personalized Diet

Nutrition

How I Reversed My Autoimmune Condition with a Personalized Diet

This is a personal story about how I reversed my autoimmune symptoms—not with medications, but with food.

Feel Like Hercules – Hack Your Gut for Optimal Performance

Gut Health

Feel Like Hercules – Hack Your Gut for Optimal Performance

Science is proving there is a source of vitality that impacts every aspect of a man’s health – and that is the gut microbiome.

Why Is Celiac Disease on the Rise? The Answer Is in The Gut Microbiome

Why Is Celiac Disease on the Rise? The Answer Is in The Gut Microbiome

Meet Vie - Viome’s Artificial Intelligence System

Viome News

Meet Vie - Viome’s Artificial Intelligence System

14 Surprising Things You Didn't Know About Your Gut Microbiome

Science

14 Surprising Things You Didn't Know About Your Gut Microbiome

You have your gut to thank for so many aspects of your health or lack of health.

The Secret to a Healthy Gut Microbiome? Diversity, Diversity, Diversity!

The Secret to a Healthy Gut Microbiome? Diversity, Diversity, Diversity!

Learn how microbe diversity plays a roll in your gut microbiome health and overall health.

Paleo? Keto? Vegan? What is the Perfect Diet for YOU?

Paleo? Keto? Vegan? What is the Perfect Diet for YOU?

What Diet is Best for Me? Paleo? Keto? Vegan?

Could the Gut Microbiome Hold the Key To New & Innovative Eating Disorder Treatments?

Could the Gut Microbiome Hold the Key To New & Innovative Eating Disorder Treatments?

Learn about the connection between your brain, your gut microbiome, and eating disorders. Could this new knowledge hold the key to new and innovative cures?

A Guide to Your Viome Recommendations

A Guide to Your Viome Recommendations

Your Microbiome Can Impact Your Glycemic Response

Science

Your Microbiome Can Impact Your Glycemic Response

Let's Get Dirty! Why Being Too Clean Isn't Always Better

Let's Get Dirty! Why Being Too Clean Isn't Always Better

Sometimes being too clean isn't all that good for you. We need lots of microbes for a healthy existence, and how clean we’ve become is a serious problem.

How An Unhealthy Gut Microbiome Can Make You Fat

Gut Health

How An Unhealthy Gut Microbiome Can Make You Fat

The trillions of microorganisms living in your gut are responsible for nearly every aspect of your health, including gut imbalance, leakiness, and weight gain.

A Suspicious Gut Microbiome: 19 Conditions Linked to Dysbiosis

A Suspicious Gut Microbiome: 19 Conditions Linked to Dysbiosis

When the 40 trillion microorganisms in your gut are thrown into chaos, they can wreak havoc on your health. This gut dysbiosis is linked to many conditions.

Viome launches world’s-first, made to order, precision supplements based on deep health insights

Viome launches world’s-first, made to order, precision supplements based on deep health insights

Viome redefines “personalized” supplements to create individualized supplement formulas, tailor made for each person’s health insights.

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