Tag: blood brain barrier
Autism and Alzheimer’s—the answer lies in the gut
When autism was first formally identified as a special condition in the 1930’s, it was generally considered a mental health problem. At that time—there was no field connecting psychoneuroimmunology. The brain was treated separately from the body. There is no… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health, Health, Holistic Medicine, Medicine, Nutritional Medicine, Vaccines
Gut bacteria imbalance can lead to depression and anxiety
Many healthy bacteria live in the gut, in fact over 7000 strains and 1,000 species are known to inhabit the digestive tract. These healthy bacteria carry on important functions in the body and are known as the human microbiome. In… 0 Shares | | Posted in Food, Health, Health, Holistic Medicine, Medicine, Mental Health, Nutrition, Nutritional Medicine, Science
Fat Brain – Fat Planet: How Antibiotics Are Driving Global Obesity
With obesity of the planet escalating and close to 40% of the population being obese, scientists may have finally found the reason for the global obesity epidemic in the widespread use of antibiotics. Antibiotics have been known to cause weight… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health
Depression and Candida
In 1990, the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study listed depression as the 4th leading cause of disease burden worldwide. In 2000, the GBD listed it as the #3 cause. In the latest GBD study from 2010, it is now… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health, Health, Holistic Medicine, Medicine, Nutritional Medicine
