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Posted on August 15, 2019
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Within just a few weeks of each other, two papers have been published looking at the potential of using helminths to treat neurological conditions. Not surprisingly, both focus on the powerful anti-inflammatory effect of helminths. (For those of you new to helminths: these are… Continue Reading “Neurodegnerative and Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Prime Targets for Helminths”
Category: ALS, Altzheimers, Anxiety and PTSD, autism, Autoimmune Disease, Bacterial Microbiome, depression, Helminthic Therapy, Human Biome, Immune System-Brain Connection, inflammation, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Macrobiome, Mental Health, microbiome, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Schizophrenia, UncategorizedTags: ALS, Alzheimers, anxiety, asd, autism, autoimmune, bacterialmicrobiome, brain, dementia, depression, gutbacteria, health, helminthictherapy, inflammation, inflammatoryboweldisease, Macrobiome, microbes, microbiome, MS, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Schizophrenia
Posted on May 2, 2019
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Last night, I read an article that fit absolutely perfectly into my unintentional but prominent theme of the last couple of weeks: the relationship of the microbiome to weight issues…and to food: “Food Processing, Gut Microbiota and the Globesity Problem.”[i] Yup – we face… Continue Reading “Food Processing: Another Suspect in the ‘Globesity’ Epidemic?”
Category: Bacterial Microbiome, Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes, Diet, inflammation, Metabolic Syndrome, microbiome, obesity, UncategorizedTags: antibiotics, bacterialmicrobiome, cardiovasculardisease, Diabetes, Diet, gutbacteria, health, inflammation, leakygut, metabolicsyndrome, microbes, microbiome, nutrition, obesity
Posted on January 22, 2019
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A couple of articles about helminths have appeared recently in the lay press that struck me for various reasons. While it’s always great to see helminth therapy getting good press, unfortunately, there tends to be misinformation printed that can often do more harm than… Continue Reading “Helminths in the Lay Press: A Few Interesting Tidbits”
Category: allergy, asthma, Autoimmune Disease, Helminthic Therapy, Human Biome, inflammation, Macrobiome, UncategorizedTags: allergy, asthma, autoimmune, health, helminthictherapy, immunesystem, Macrobiome
Posted on June 28, 2018
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Today’s post is off topic in terms of the biome, but very much on topic with regards to my last post, in which I bemoaned the insane amount of sensationalism that has crept into even science. Turns out, I was spot on. In discussing… Continue Reading “The Ugly Truth About Published Science”
Posted on June 26, 2018
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I remind myself almost daily that fake news is not new. Think of the days of William Randolph Hearst and yellow journalism. Think of all the times you’ve been on the checkout line at the grocery store and read those headlines about the woman… Continue Reading “Fake News…Not Even Science is Sacrosanct”
Category: Anxiety and PTSD, Bacterial Microbiome, Human Biome, inflammation, Mental Health, microbiome, Probiotics, UncategorizedTags: anxiety, bacterialmicrobiome, gutbacteria, health, microbes, microbiome
Posted on December 12, 2017
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In January of this year, I wrote about a small study on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet out of Seattle Children’s Hospital. 8 out of 10 children went into remission after only 12 weeks on SCD, which is actually a very short time. I just… Continue Reading “The Specific Carbohydrate Diet: A First-Line Treatment (Finally)”
Category: autism, Autoimmune Disease, Bacterial Microbiome, Crohn's, Crohn's Disease, Diet, Human Biome, inflammation, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, microbiome, Specific Carbohydrate Diet, Ulcerative Colitis, UncategorizedTags: autism, bacterialmicrobiome, Crohn's, Diet, gutbacteria, health, ibd, inflammation, inflammatoryboweldisease, microbes, microbiome, SpecificCarbohydrateDiet, ulcerativecolitis
Posted on August 22, 2017
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Three weeks ago, I walked into Petco to get a few things for my 12 year old Australian shepherd…and there she was. A local shelter was having an adoption day, and a little, white puppy made her way over to me, climbed up to… Continue Reading “Pet Allergies…I Mean…Allergies in Pets”
Posted on March 30, 2017
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Fist pump! A paper that actually presents information that can help people who are sick! Woopa! As promised, here is a summary of that fantastic article[i] about autism and the biome that I discovered on Dr. MacFabe’s new website. I’ve ranted enough over the… Continue Reading “Autism, the Biome and Potential Treatments”
Category: autism, Bacterial Microbiome, Diet, Helminthic Therapy, Human Biome, Immune System-Brain Connection, inflammation, Macrobiome, Mental Health, microbiome, Prebiotics, UncategorizedTags: autism, bacterialmicrobiome, biome, brain, chronic, Diet, gutbacteria, health, helminthictherapy, inflammation, Macrobiome, mentalhealth, microbes, microbiome, Prebiotics, Pregnancy
Posted on February 17, 2017
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Several years ago, I was interviewed by a then-graduate student at NYU’s film school. Sharon Shattuck was studying documentary film making, and with her science background, had stumbled across and become interested in the concept of therapeutic helminths. She took the train up from… Continue Reading “Helminths at the Movies”
Category: autism, Autoimmune Disease, Crohn's Disease, Helminthic Therapy, Human Biome, inflammation, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Macrobiome, Ulcerative Colitis, UncategorizedTags: autism, biome, health, helminthictherapy, inflammation, Macrobiome
Posted on February 14, 2017
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“…the current generation is facing an epidemic of diseases associated with dysregulated inflammation…” says Dr. P’ng Loke and his colleague, Dr. Yvonne Lim, in an article[i] I just finished on the interactions of the microbiota and helminths. This is, without a doubt, one of… Continue Reading “For Valentine’s Day: A Paper that I LOVED”
Category: Autoimmune Disease, Bacterial Microbiome, Diet, Helminthic Therapy, Human Biome, inflammation, Macrobiome, microbiome, Pregnancy, UncategorizedTags: biome, Diet, gutbacteria, health, helminthictherapy, inflammation, Macrobiome, microbes, microbiome, Pregnancy