Gut Microbiome
Gut Microbiome
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100
Two fermented foods that promote healthy gut bacteria
What is yogurt, kombucha, kimchi, etc?
100
Mode of delivery that can influence the development of a child’s microbiome and risk for autism spectrum disorders
What is a C-section?
100
An innate behavior requiring no learning, usually done at night
What is sleep?
100
Some of the associated problems with taking supplements without prescription
Why does
- too much sugar
- interactions with medicines
- possible overdosing
matter?
100
Smallest planet in the solar system
What is Mercury?
200
Causes for gut microbiome inbalances
What is lack of exercise, obesity, antibiotic usage, environmental toxins, genetic factors, etc.?
200
Condition resulting from imbalance in gut bacteria
What is dysbiosis?
200
Brain structure is essential for forming new memories and is part of the limbic system.
What is the hippocampus?
200
Excess fat accumulation in the abdomen, due to consumption of highly caloric foods and beverages.
What is "Beer Belly?"
What is Abdominal Obesity?
200
Small subunits that make up the cell membrane
What are phospholipids?
300
Foods (typically high-fiber foods) that act as food for human microflora
What are prebiotics?
300
Fatty acid produced during fiber breakdown in gut
What are short chain fatty acids?
300
The function of NREM sleep
What is Memory Consolidation?
300
Side effect of food dyes include...
What is
- hyperactivity?
- cancer contaminant?
- allergies?
300
Most recent result of deextincion attempts using cloning
What are dire wolves?
400
Two-way communication system linking the digestive tract to the central nervous system
What is the gut-brain axis?
400
Percent contribution of short chain fatty acids to daily caloric intake
What is 10-15%?
400
The two types of sleep in a regular cycle
or
The number of sleep stages
What is NREM and REM? (Rapid Eye Movement)
or
What is the 4 stages of sleep?
400
Inflammation that appears in response to injury or infection
What is Acute Inflammation?
Bonus: What is the other type?
400
Score for the UC Berkeley v. U Miami football game this year
Why was the score 39 - 38?
500
In germ-free mice studies, transplantation of microbiota from obese mice to lean mice caused this physiological change, suggesting a causal role of the microbiome in metabolism.
What is weight gain in mice?
500
This microbiome-based therapy involves transferring stool from healthy donor to patient
What is a fecal transplant?
500
Hormones that signal for fullness and for hunger
What are Leptin and Ghrelin?
500
Supplement that speeds up breakdown of many medicines (including some antidepressants, birth control pills, heart medications, anti-HIV medications, and transplant drugs)
What is St. Johns Wart? 
500
Name of the new engineering building (next to Evans)
Where is Grimes Engineering Center?
Bonus: When will it be completed?