A press release from the American Chemical Society states: “A bacterial compound called butyrate that’s made by healthy microbiomes has shown promise against allergic reactions in lab tests, but it’s […]
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Self-Grooming: How Pedophiles Neutralize Their Inhibitions
On May 24, 2019 Dr Jordan B Peterson posted on Facebook: “Did you know that about 20 years ago the American Psychological Association published a paper showing that most people […]
Evaluation of spin in abstracts of papers in psychiatry and psychology journals
“Over 50% of trials published in top psychiatry/psychology journals contain spin in the abstract.”
The diet-microbiome connection in inflammatory bowel disease
“The authors say the findings offer hope for better dietary therapies for IBD, perhaps ones that deliver “good” bacteria such as C. scindens or C. hiranonis while suppressing disease-associated species.”
Association Between Maternal Fluoride Exposure During Pregnancy and IQ Scores
“In this prospective birth cohort study, fluoride exposure during pregnancy was associated with lower IQ scores in children aged 3 to 4 years.”
Frying oil consumption worsened colon cancer and colitis in mice
“Food scientists have shown that feeding frying oil to mice exaggerated colonic inflammation, enhanced tumor growth and worsened gut leakage, spreading bacteria or toxic bacterial products into the bloodstream.”
Discovery of performance-enhancing bacteria in the human microbiome
A single microbe accumulating in the microbiome of elite athletes can enhance exercise performance in mice, paving the way to highly-validated performance-enhancing probiotics
Processed Foods May Hold Key to Rise in Autism
“the UCF scientists discovered how high levels of Propionic Acid (PPA), used to increase the shelf life of packaged foods and inhibit mold in commercially processed cheese and bread, reduce […]
Gut bacteria associated with chronic pain for first time
“We found that fibromyalgia and the symptoms of fibromyalgia—pain, fatigue and cognitive difficulties—contribute more than any of the other factors to the variations we see in the microbiomes of those […]
Vaping the sweetener sucralose may produce toxic chemicals
“I would strongly advise that users should not use liquids with sucralose in them,” says Sven Jordt, a toxicologist at Duke University School of Medicine who was not involved with […]