The Science of Food

November 10, 2025

The Microbiome I: A New World is Discovered

For anyone with an even cursory interest in health and nutrition it has become very hard to avoid the gut microbiota. The collection of bacteria, and other microbes, that we all carry around in our gastrointestinal tract is proving to have an influence on our health and well-being unimaginable even twenty short years ago. Our Continue reading

bacteria, microbiology, microbiome

bacteria, germ theory, gut-health, health, koch, leeuwenhoek, microbes, microbiology, microbiome, nutrition, pasteur, pasteurisation, probiotics
March 12, 2025

Pasteurisation, food safety and raw milk

I like milk but, lets face it, the rear end of a cow is a pretty grotty place. You’ve got the business end of the alimentary system, a tail swishing around spreading manure all round the place and the udder, the source of our milk, is right there in the middle. Cows aren’t great at Continue reading

health, infectious disease, milk, nutrition, pasteurisation, raw milk

diet, Food, health, infant mortality, infectious disease, milk, nutrition, pasteurisation, raw milk