Division and Distrust
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The year ahead is of course simply a continuation of the prior year, nothing magical occurs on the 1st day of January that creates…
Posts by Ailsa Reed
Metabolites, Health and Brain Function
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An Oct 2021 paper in BMJ Nutrition Prevention and Health explored the relationship between fruit and vegetable intake and mental wellbeing in school children[i].…
A Zen Moment for Immunity
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A koan (a Zen Buddhist derived a paradoxical anecdote or riddle without a solution) for pandemic times: ‘If a microbe silently and inconsequentially copies itself in…
Is Natural Immunity Inviolable?
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The obvious answer is NO, otherwise no one would suffer immune related illness and death. The ability of your immune system to respond, repel…
NCDs And Their Relationship to Our Environment
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As circumstances have demanded, the attention of our health-related recommendations over the last few months has been on the role of lifestyle and environmental…
COVID-19 Linked to Autoimmunity
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The understanding of what goes wrong in #autoimmune #disease, and why, is advancing on numerous fronts[1]. One key question that remains, is what makes some people…
Mastiha has Efficacy in Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases through a microRNA-155 Th17 Dependent Action
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#Mastiha, or #Mastica, is a natural nutritional supplement known to possess #antioxidant and #anti-inflammatory properties. (more…)
Fibre Rich Snacks Aiding the Gut Microbiome
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The high-fat, low-fibre diets consumed in the western world are failing to support a diverse and healthy #gut #microbiome. Dietary #fibre is known to…
Lest We Forget – Iron Deficiency is Common and a Health Risk!
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Faced as we are with an infectious and mutating agent of illness, the allied focus on nutritional needs has been to identify foods and…
Artificial Sweeteners Damaging the Gut?
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Researchers from Cambridge have recently published a study indicating that #artificial #sweeteners, synthetic sugar substitutes that are often consumed in the diet, could be…