More Evidence to Support Vit D as an Anti Viral CompoundJuly 12, 2010No CommentsReading Time: 3 minutesLast year I wrote a number of posts relating to mechanisms related to mucosal immune defences, in particular the innate immune defences and how…
Is There A Rural/Urban Gradient In The Prevalence Of Eczema? A Systematic Review And What Can Be Done About It?July 12, 2010No CommentsReading Time: 3 minutesOne in 10 schoolchildren in the western world suffers from eczema and even developing nations have also seen an increasing trend in the last…
Fat – I’m Not To Blame Its My Bugs!July 7, 2010No CommentsReading Time: 8 minutesA trial to see if the ingestion of a probiotic bacterium enriched drink might have a beneficial impact on central obesity was funded by…
Neurological/Dietary Control Over the Immune System – The Role of FatsJuly 1, 20103 CommentsReading Time: 6 minutesThe immune system in humans and animal is complex, all the more so because it crosses over all tissues. The traditional view has been…
A Bacteria Triggers Arthritis.July 1, 20102 CommentsReading Time: 5 minutesThe gut microbiomes of humans and mice are broadly similar which is helpful as this paper has used the mouse model to explain how…
What Do Bacteria Do To Our Immune System?July 1, 20102 CommentsReading Time: 3 minutesThe germ theory that has so modernised medicine and driven us, the western world living human to regard all bugs as bad has been…
Sun or Supplements – The Vit D ControversyJune 21, 2010No CommentsReading Time: 5 minutesVitamin D is increasingly understood to be an essential component of many aspects of human health and although technically not a “vitamin,” vitamin D…
Do Diets Leave You Micronutrient Deficient?June 15, 2010No CommentsReading Time: 3 minutesThe shortage of essential micronutrients in the human diet has been linked to multiple health and disease related problems. Dr Bruce Ames has described…