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Two New Papers on Parkinson’s: More Connections to the Microbiome
Two new Parkinson’s disease (PD) studies to report to you, both on the involvement of the gut bacteria. (It amazes me how rapidly the research on this seems to be progressing.) The first was published in the Annals of Neurology by German researchers.[i] They…
Maternal Stress, Autism and a Possible Preventative Probiotic Treatment?
A few weeks back, a study came out of the University of Colorado, Boulder, which is worth reporting.[i] It is one in a long line of similar studies which show that exposure to our “old friends” modulates the immune system in such a way…
Diet, Your Brain and Autoimmunity
By now, we all know that chronic and/or neurodegenerative diseases like MS, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, ALS, autism are all inflammatory and probably all derive from alterations to the gut biome. I’ve written about all of them many times now (some links provided in the previous…
Inflammation,the Microbiome and…Whole Body Vibration? (No, I’m Not Kidding You…)
Several years ago I was in a gym equipment store buying a cross trainer, and spotted a strange looking machine lying on the floor near the cash register. I asked the assistant what it was: “That’s a whole body vibrating machine,” he responded, “It’s…
The Bacterial Microbiome and Vascular Brain Disease
A big leap ahead for science this week: for the first time ever, scientists from a variety of major universities (University of Chicago, the University of California San Diego, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia/University of Pennsylvania, etc.) have directly connected specific alterations in gut bacteria…
Inflammation, Ketones and the Microbiome
Last week, an interesting biome story came out about research out of the University of California, San Francisco, in which scientists looked at the specific microbiome effects of a ketogenic diet.[i] As many of you may know, this diet – very low in carbohydrates…
Progress on Treating Food Allergy: Manipulating the Bacterial Microbiome
As you all know, I am always on the look out for good news on the “what can we do about it now” front – or at least meaningful progress toward a solution. I very much enjoyed an article yesterday in Scientific American on…
ALS or no ALS? The Bacterial Microbiome May the Key
Those who read this blog regularly know that there are some topics that particularly interest me: autism, Parkinson’s, the obesity epidemic, so-called mental illnesses, dementia, to name just a few. Another obsession of mine is ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) which, for all my life…
Parkinson’s, Gut Issues and the Microbiome: A May 2020 Update
As you know, I’ve been closely following developments in the field of Parkinson’s disease (PD) research as I already have multiple friends diagnosed, and that, in their 40s and 50s. (Here are just a couple of the many, many posts I’ve written over the…
Bee Products, Autism and Propionic Acid
Almost 2 years ago, I first wrote about the gut health benefits of honey bee products in a post about research into why queen bees live so much longer than their workers. It turned out that they are fed exclusively with royal jelly, the…
