A blog on everything microbiome and health-related!
Plastics and microorganisms
This is a really cool study that I read that highlights the many functions of microbes that’s extremely fascinating. In this study, researchers found that some microbes, including fungi, can actually help with getting rid of some plastics, though not all. This is exciting since, as we know, plastics are hard to get rid of…
Your Microbiome and Obesity, Mood, Sleep etc.
In my research I came across an interesting study that I thought would be good to share here. This is a study that was published a little over a year ago in the journal Gut Microbes. In this study, the researchers studied a total of 287 adult participants and their gut microbiome. They found gut…
Podcast
Greetings! It’s been a really good busy couple of months so I haven’t been able to post much, but thought I’d share here this great interview I had on Dr. Denise Billen Mejia;’s Podcast. It was really fun and I hope you’ll find the information in there helpful. Please leave us some feedback and let…
About the name and this blog:
The story isn’t that fancy really. I just happened to think of and like the name a lot since I read and learned about undigestible fibers that are present naturally in green or raw bananas and raw potatoes. Many people don’t know that green bananas are a great prebiotic. Meaning, they help restore the balance in your intestines/gut by feeding the good bacteria.
About me
My name is Dr. Heba Ismail. I’m a pediatric endocrinologist and a career physician scientist as well as mother of two young children. I study diabetes, primarily type 1 diabetes, with a more recent interest in the microbiome. I find the microbiome fascinating in all fields of medicine and life. By starting this blog, I hope to communicate to the public as well as to scientists alike, what we are constantly learning about the microbiome.
Eat your green bananas 