Another post on gut biome!
If you get the flu, eat blueberries, and drink black tea and red wine to stop lung infection.
In a nutshell, certain gut microbes (Clostridium orbiscindens) love to eat the flavonoids…
Read more
Apr 16, 2017
How trauma lodges in the body
Psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk is an innovator in treating the effects of trauma on people.
In this interview, he talks at length about how bodywork, like yoga and eye movement therapy can restore a sense of well being.
Surprisingly,…
Jan 19, 2016
The Secret of Life ~ a play about science, by Bruce Coughran
Tonight I saw just the most amazing play...The Secret of Life by Bruce Coughran. The title sounds like the play might contain "10 things to do in your life for happiness"...but nothing could be further from the truth of…Read more
Jun 19, 2015
Sitting too much is not the same as too little exercise.
Intense exercise for an hour a day will not fix the metabolic changes caused by sitting all day!
To be more exact, "the deep red quadriceps that are designed for postural support...quickly lost more than 75% of their ability to…Read more
To be more exact, "the deep red quadriceps that are designed for postural support...quickly lost more than 75% of their ability to…Read more
Mar 20, 2015
(Good) gut microbes like to feast on cocoa powder
It's another gut microbe story!
By feasting on the cocoa powder, the microbes break the large polyphenols (potent antioxidants) of cocoa down into small sizes that can then cross from the gut and into the blood.
Polyphenols have many beneficial…Read more
By feasting on the cocoa powder, the microbes break the large polyphenols (potent antioxidants) of cocoa down into small sizes that can then cross from the gut and into the blood.
Polyphenols have many beneficial…Read more
Mar 13, 2015
Gut bacteria might alter anxiety and stress-related chemicals in the blood.
There is an amazing amount of research going into gut flora and fauna at the moment!
When a team from the University of Missouri in Columbia transplanted gut bacteria from female Harlan mice into female Jackson mice, the animals became…Read more
When a team from the University of Missouri in Columbia transplanted gut bacteria from female Harlan mice into female Jackson mice, the animals became…Read more
Jul 14, 2014
The types of fats in our cell walls change the types of proteins, etc that go in and out.
“an imbalance between saturated and unsaturated phospholipids readily affects Endothelial Reticulum [ER] biogenic activity, inducing a stress response that can trigger cell death.”
That would be a fancy way of saying that every type of fat we eat alters the…Read more
That would be a fancy way of saying that every type of fat we eat alters the…Read more
Jun 10, 2014
2-4 day fasting brings about a revitalised immune system
Amazing!
Scientists at the University of Southern California have found that 2-4 day fasting causes a drop in white cell counts, and that this effect triggers a stem-cell based regeneration of new immune cells.
Who would have guessed that the…Read more
Scientists at the University of Southern California have found that 2-4 day fasting causes a drop in white cell counts, and that this effect triggers a stem-cell based regeneration of new immune cells.
Who would have guessed that the…Read more
Jun 8, 2014
Mature liver cells can revert back to stem cell-like state
Researchers at Harvard Stem Cell Institute have found that it is possible to force mature liver cells to revert back to a stem cell-like state.
This follows findings that cells in other organs can undergo the same change - adrenal…Read more
This follows findings that cells in other organs can undergo the same change - adrenal…Read more
Mar 4, 2014
Placebos - Even if we know we're using one, still heal!
A few weeks ago I heard a fascinating interview with Ted Kaptchuk, a faculty member at Harvard Medical School, who has a degree in Chinese Medicine, and who, for the last 15 years, has been studying the biological changes associated…
Read more
Feb 9, 2014
Organic pasture-raised dairy and meat have a different (better) omega-6 to omega-3 ratio
I was reading a study a few weeks ago, saying that there is a significant difference (improvement) in the omega-6 to omega-3 ratio in organic, pasture-raised foods,
and I thought....this goes against all the spin put out by food corporations…Read more
and I thought....this goes against all the spin put out by food corporations…Read more