Oral and Intestinal Dysbiosis and Pancreatic Cancer Risk
This is a very quick post to alert you to a recently published study reported in the journal Gut that found a significant association between strains of the pathogenic oral bacteria Porphyromonas...
View ArticlePart Two Of Endotoxemia and Heart Disease: Where Are The Pathogens Fueling...
In the last post, I promised to blog on the role dietary fat and cholesterol play in endotoxemia and heart disease. However, before I do, I feel a need to clarify exactly what part of the digestive...
View ArticleSymptom Relief from GI Issues – Part Two: Foods, Drinks, and Drugs that Inflame
Today I want to continue my discussion of foods, drinks, and drugs that will aggravate an infected and inflamed gastrointestinal mucosa. Resolving inflammatory gut issues will be next to impossible...
View ArticleAlcohol and the Gastrointestinal Tract
I can almost hear the moans coming from some of you as you read the title of this post. You’re no doubt thinking, “For real? You haven’t posted in a while, but you’re going to trash what I do to...
View ArticleThe Inflammatory-Cortisol Ballet, Act 3: The Dance
Welcome back from your second and last intermission. I trust the wait wasn’t too long. In today’s post, I’ll be concentrating on how cortisol is regulated by the body, and how these regulatory...
View ArticleBacterial Biofilms and Cardiovascular Disease
As long time readers of this blog know, I consider metabolic syndrome (insulin resistance, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, etc.) as fundamentally caused by translocating gut bacteria to the...
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