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Love: When it comes to love, go with your gut – literally. A new study says our choice of mate may be influenced by our intestinal bacteria driving our pheromones to tell us who to be attracted to. The research compared two groups of flies, one that had been fed a diet of starches and one that had been fed a diet of malt sugar, and found that each subgroup preferred partners with similar nutritional background. But when antibiotics were administered, killing gut bacteria, the preferential mating pattern disappeared.  The findings, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, indicate that intestinal flora plays a direct role in pheromone levels, driving mate selection. Yet another reason to take your probiotics. Read More…

Universal Laws explain natural behavior and the creative process, how things come to exist. One of these laws is the Law of Gender, which states: “Everything has its masculine and its feminine principles”. This principle reveals that all of Creation has both male and female energy. Regardless of sexual preference, men have a feminine side, women have masculine side, and everyone would benefit from learning more about his or her own “shadow self”, as Carl Jung used to call the opposite sex internal persona in each of us. Read More…