Vitamin D Halves Asthma Hospitalisation Risk
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There seems no end to the illnesses this secasteroid is capable of influencing, although it should be of no real surprise that Vit D…
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More Evidence to Support Vit D as an Anti Viral Compound
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Last 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?
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One 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!
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A 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 Fats
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The 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.
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The 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?
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The germ theory that has so modernised medicine and driven us, the western world living human to regard all bugs as bad has been…
Do Diets Leave You Micronutrient Deficient?
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The shortage of essential micronutrients in the human diet has been linked to multiple health and disease related problems. Dr Bruce Ames has described…
Butyrate Improves Bowel Transit
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Problems such as poor transit or constipation are common, and can produce significant misery for the individual compromised in this manner. Butyrate is a…
If Genes Are Protected By Nutrients – How Much Should We Eat?
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Prof Bruce Ames has developed the concept of Triage consumption, where micronutrient needs and availability may not always be in synchronicity and has recommended…