surgery or probiotics?
SURGERY OR BACTERIA? During the first 2 weeks after RYGB, the Verrucomicrobiales increased more than 10,000-fold as compared with baseline. In contrast, Verrucomicrobiales increased modestly (threefold versus baseline) in the sham-operated and weight-matched animals. From Medpage Today. Last months issue of Science Translational Medicine published the results of a collaborative study between Harvard University and […]
dr oz and leaky gut syndrome
DR OZ ON LEAKY GUT SYNDROME(THE SOLUTION TO AUTOIMMUNITY?) Steve Buissinne – Sedgefield/South Africa – Pixabay A few days ago I got an email from Genova Labs saying that Dr. Oz was running a program on Leaky Gut Syndrome. My wife recorded it yesterday afternoon, and we watched it yesterday evening. I would highly recommend […]
gut health and autism
AUTISM AND GUT HEALTHWHAT IS THE LINK? Jil Martinez – Italia – Pixabay When it comes to the field of medicine, “EVIDENCE” can be a peculiar thing. Autism (often called ASD or Autism Spectrum Disorder) is the term used to describe the Westernized World’s most common developmental disease, as well as the wide variety of […]
fecal transplants
FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANTSARE YOU SERIOUS?AS SERIOUS AS A HEART ATTACK! 3Dman If you are a regular reader of my blog, you might recall some of the articles I have written on IATROGENESIS. These are the doctor-caused health problems that are said to kill between half a million and a million Americans each year, while hospitalizing […]
psoriasis drug said to help with inflammatory bowel disease
PSORIASIS DRUG EASES CROHN’S DISEASE (Inflammatory Bowel Disease) A SMALL SECTION OF DISEASED (CROHN’S) INTESTINE In order for a drug to be effective, it has to be 7% better than a sugar pill (placebo). That’s right — seven percent. Patients with Crohn’s Disease — a form of Inflammatory Bowel Disease —– were given the […]
chronic depression – part iii
CHRONIC DEPRESSION(PART III) BEATING DEPRESSION NATURALLY HOW TO BEAT MOST CASES OFDEPRESSION WITHOUT SSRI MEDICATIONS! 4144132 – Pixabay We know that alternative (non-medical / non-pharmaceutical) treatments are highly effective for mild to moderate cases of Depression. For more severe cases of Depression, consult your MD. The material provided in this series on Depression is strictly […]
dr. kharrazian
DR. DATIS KHARRAZIAN & APEX ENERGETICS SEMINARS Dr. Datis Kharrazian is one of the most brilliant individuals you have never heard of. You don’t get invited on “Coma-Busting” missions to Europe with DR. TED CARRICK unless you know your stuff! No one, and I mean no one blends the practice of Functional Medicine / Functional […]
gut flora & metabolic syndrome
GUT FLORA AND METABOLIC SYNDROME Gerd Altmann – Freiburg/Deutschland – Pixabay Although 99% of the medical community would be loathe to admit it, antibiotics have wreaked havoc on our country’s health. Oh sure, ANTIBIOTICS have the potential to save lives, but because of their blatant overuse, they are absolutely destroying people’s health. Think about it […]
as your gut goes, so goes your health
GUT HEALTH & ITS RELATIONSHIP TO OVERALL HEALTH Since the days of Bayliss and Starling’s groundbreaking experiments over a century ago, science has understood that there is a relationship between gut health and overall health. It began with Starling’s discovery that food in the intestine triggers nerve signals which cause some intestinal muscles to contract […]
systemic inflammation & leaky gut
SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATION & LEAKY GUT SYNDROMEIS INCREASED INTESTINAL PERMEABILITY A HALLMARK OF CHRONIC DISEASE? Image by Orem Most people tend to use the words “swelling” and “inflammation” synonymously. In a similar vein, many people believe that inflammation and infection are the same thing. Neither of these is correct. INFLAMMATION is a group of chemicals that […]
gluten sensitivity — part vi
ANTIBIOTICS, GUT HEALTH, AND GLUTEN SENSITIVITY In my series on gluten, we have learned that GLUTEN INTOLERANCE is one of the most serious (and ignored) health problems facing Americans today. We have also learned about a few of the reasons that people today face an increasingly difficult situation as far as gluten is concerned (HERE). […]
80% of your body’s immune system is in the gut!
GUT HEALTH AND YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM Mariana Ruiz Villarreal For years I had heard the statistic kicked around; “80% of your body’s immune system can be found in the gut“. Because I figured I really ought to know where this came from, I did a quick Google search and this is what I found. In […]
the gut & immune system
PART IIGUT / IMMUNE SYSTEM In my last blog article we learned a little something about Gut Function and its relationship to antibiotics and Dysbiosis. Whenever we hear people talking about “the gut“, we think of beer guts, gut aches, getting punched in the gut, “gut” feelings, or that guy has guts! For our purposes […]
antibiotics overuse is killing the good bacteria that live in the gut
ARE YOU BLAZING YOUR FAMILY’SHEALTH WITH ANTIBIOTICS? Dr. Martin Blaser is no dummy. He received his M.D. degree in 1973 from the University of Colorado, and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine, with a sub-specialty in Infectious Diseases. He is a researcher. A microbiologist, whose chief area of interest lies in […]