Collective Insights Blog

Best Time to Take Probiotics

The best time to take probiotics can depend on product label recommendations. Some can be taken with or without food either before or after meals. 

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How Magnesium Bisglycinate Benefits Your Health and Wellness

Discover how magnesium bisglycinate benefits your health, including muscle & nerve function, blood sugar & pressure control, and bone & protein synthesis.

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Want a Stronger Immune System? Study Shows Indoor Gardening Can Help

A recent study shows gardening can actually boost your immune system, and you don't even need an outdoor garden to reap these benefits. Learn more!

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Health Benefits of Lion’s Mane Mushrooms

Discover the brain-boosting potential of Lion's Mane mushrooms. Learn about Lion’s Mane benefits, use, and more.

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Want to Boost Your Brain's Oxytocin Production? The Key May Lie in Your Gut

How can you naturally boost your brain's oxytocin production by focusing on gut health? Recent research highlights the critical role of gut microbes in human health, particularly focusing on Limosilactobacillus reuteri 6475, which promotes the release of oxytocin in the gut via secretin signaling. Read on to discover more.

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What are Postbiotics?

Postbiotics, prebiotics, and probiotics all have different mechanisms essential to gut health. Here's everything you need to know about postbiotics.

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Aging Backwards: The Lifestyle Interventions You Need to Lower Your Biological Age

Learn about a clinically-tested dietary program, designed to alter gene expression and lower our biological age.

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How to Track Key Biomarkers for Increased Vitality and Longevity

Learn about the evolution of health coaching, the power of state management, and how one can optimize health through tracking reliable biomarkers and personal habits.

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Weight vs. Shape: Why Body Shape is a More Comprehensive Metric of Health and Resilience

Uncover the root causes, habits, and lifestyle behaviors, backed by science, key to improving body shape, weight, and health.

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Akkermansia For Gut Health

Discover how akkermansia is beneficial for gut bacterium improves health and metabolism and why it's a vital supplement in your diet.

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Why Your Body's Microbes Hold the Key to Your Health and Happiness - An Interview With Alanna Collen

Discover how our bodies are teeming with trillions of microbes that play a pivotal role in shaping our health, immunity, mental health, and even weight regulation.

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How Dysbiosis, Toxicity, and Underlying Infection Affect Brain Function and Chronic Illness - An Interview With Dr. Nafysa Parpia

What follows is a transcript for a Collective Insights encore episode where Daniel Schmactenberger and Dr. Nafysa Parpia explored how gut dysbiosis, toxicity, and underlying infection affect brain function and chronic illness.

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The Fascinating Power of the Gut-Brain Axis to Influence Health and Mood - An Interview With The Qualia Science Team

What follows is a transcript where we explored the fascinating power of the gut-brain axis and its influence on our health and mood.

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Synbiotic - Qualia Science Team - Gut Brain

Listen in as the Qualia Science Team is here to explore the fascinating power of the gut-brain axis and its influence on our health and mood.

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Qualia Synbiotic Ingredients

Learn about the ingredients in our all-in-one gut performance support, Qualia Synbiotic.

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Brain Energy: Why We Need to Rethink Popular Views of Mental Disorders - An Interview With Dr. Chris Palmer

What follows is a transcript from our discussion with Dr. Chris Palmer on the neuroscience linking mental disorders to a metabolic disorder of the brain, shedding new light on how our brains function and the potential for innovative, whole systems treatments for mental disorders.

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How Psychobiotics Support the Gut-Brain Connection

Psychobiotics are probiotics and prebiotics for the brain. But can psychobiotics really influence cognition, stress responses, mood, and emotional regulation? Read to learn more. 

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How to Help Your Gut Microbiome Thrive - A Q&A with Zach Bush, MD of ION*

Expert approved ways to balance your gut microbiome health to benefit overall health and cognitive function.

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How Our Second Brain Affects Mood, Immune Function, and Cognition: A Q&A With Naveen Jain

New areas of neuroscience are looking from the bottom-up, focusing on how the gut impacts the brain. These findings and more have earned our gut microbiome the nickname “the second brain.”

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What is The Gut-Brain Axis? An Exploration of The Communication Pathways Between The Brain, The Gut, And The Microbiota

The gut and brain are constantly communicating and influencing each other. This interaction is called the gut-brain axis. It means that what goes on in the gut can affect how the brain performs, influencing how we think, feel and behave. In this article, we explore the gut-brain connection and how the brain and the gut, our second brain, influence each other.

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5 Science-Backed Ways To Hack Your Health

Join us as we explore interval workouts for longevity, how aromatherapy impacts food cravings, the link between mitochondrial fitness and mental health, and why your brain is begging for a little downtime in this edition of Neurohacking Advancements. 

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French Red Grapes Extract: Sources and Benefits

BioVin® is a premium quality grape extract made from the juice, seeds, and skins of red grapes grown in France. It's rich in both trans-resveratrol and grape polyphenols.

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