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Exercise’s Impact on the Immune System
In a study looking at the effects of exercise on immune function, Dr. James Turner and Dr. John Campbell from the University of Bath’s Department for Health challenged the theory that intense exercise provides an “open window” for infectious diseases to set in. In their paper published in the international journal Exercise Immunology Review, Dr.…
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IBS Case Responses to SBI
A case series of 10 patients with long-standing, symptomatic, intractable drug-refractory irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) were given dietary support and a serum-derived bovine immunoglobulin/protein isolate (SBI) and reported an average of 69% complete management of IBS-related symptoms.
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Post-Infectious IBS-D & SBI
A small double-blind study has revealed serum-derived bovine immunoglobulin (SBI) as a potentially safe, effective nutritional moiety in post-infectious, refractory diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-D) and IBS with a mixed diarrhea/constipation pattern (IBS-M).
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Pesticides & Kidney Function
This month an analysis of National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data, which included over 40,000 participants was published, indicating an association between exposure to the insecticide malathion and impaired kidney function. Malathion is the most widely used organophosphate insecticide in the US, used in thousands of products, as well as for agricultural purposes…
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Embryos Show Early Signs of Immune Defense
Researchers at the Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG) have found that developing embryos show signs of an innate immune response, which demonstrates the earliest signs of immune activity discovered to date. The paper, published in the journal Nature, discusses how a developing fetus clears common cellular errors and dying cells, even in the womb. Dr.…
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S Boulardii & Weight Loss
A recently published randomized and controlled double-blind clinical trial concluded that when participants with obesity were supplemented with 250 mg Saccharomyces boulardii and 500 IU superoxide dismutase (SOD) twice per day at mealtimes for 60 days, they had a number of improvements related to body composition and insulin sensitivity compared to the group receiving placebo.…
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Yet Another Link Between Microbiome and Mood
A recent review has brought greater insight into the complex relationship between the gut microbiome and mood.
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DHA & Folic Acid
In a recent randomized and double-blinded placebo-controlled clinical trial, the effects of folic acid, DHA, and their combined use were evaluated among 160 older adults with mild cognitive impairment. Plasma levels of amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide biomarkers as well as cognitive function were assessed at 6 months, after which all interventions were discontinued, and cognitive function tests…
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Walnuts & Lipids
The results of a 2-year randomized controlled trial were recently published in Circulation. Known as the WAHA study (Walnuts and Healthy Aging), it documented the effects of adding walnuts into the diet of a population of healthy elderly adults in California and Spain. Over 600 participants (aged 63-79 without comorbidities) either avoided walnuts entirely or…
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Fetal Serotonin Exposure & Brain Growth
A study has uncovered the role of serotonin (5-HT) in the evolutionary growth of the human neocortex.