Immune System and Probiotics
Immune System & Probiotics They estimate that there is 100 trillion bacteria living in your gut and is the human equivalent of an environmental ecosystem. Our personal microbe population is losing its diversity and threatening our health. Your immune system, at least 70% of which is located in your gut – relies on the […]
Opinion of Scientific Peer Reviewed in Crisis
The publication of a scientific study in a peer-reviewed journal is commonly recognized as a kind of “nobilitation” of the study that confirms its worth. The peer-review process was designed to assure the validity and quality of science that seeks publication. This is not always the case. If and when peer review fails, sloppy science gets published. […]
Vitamin D
Known as the sunshine vitamin, vitamin D is produced by the body in response to skin being exposed to sunlight. It also occurs naturally in a few foods, including some mushrooms, green vegetables, fish, fish oils, and egg yolks — and in fortified dairy and food products. Vitamin D is essential for strong bones, muscles […]
Energy Field
Science Measures the Human Energy Field Energy is a theme that permeates many areas of complementary health care, including Reiki. For historic and emotional reasons, two key words have not been mentionable in polite academic research society: “energy” and “touch.” Hence it is not surprising that Reiki therapy has been neglected by mainstream biomedical science. […]
Fungi
WHAT ARE MEDICINAL MUSHROOMS? By the term mushrooms, we generally mean the definition of Chang and Miles (1992): a macro fungus with a distinctive fruiting body which can be hypogeous or epigeous, large enough to be seen with the naked eye and to be picked by hand. Numerous studies have demonstrated that certain components present in medicinal mushrooms have […]
NEWS – Staph, MSRA, Sweeteners, Food Access
A great article on Ebola in this months September 29, 2014 issue of Bloomberg Businessweek. “Ebola Rising.” It explains the story behind a drug development. A recommended reading for all. Sweeteners: https://www.nature.com/news/sugar-substitutes-linked-to-obesity-1.15938 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Sweeteners Agricultural Economic Report No. (AER-741) 93 pp, August 1996 Microbial pathogens in food cause an estimated 6.5-33 million cases of human illness […]
Newsletters and Documents
File Attachment 21_me_si_cle_Nutrition_Dans_La_Nature_Newsletter_10-2014_1.1.pdf The_21st_Century_Nutrition_in_Nature_News_Letter_Jan_2016__10.5_.pdf
Genetics & Epigenetics
The Institute of Medicine convened a workshop in 2009 to review the state of the various domains of nutritional genomics research and policy and to provide guidance for further development and translation of this knowledge into nutrition practice and policy. Nutritional genomics holds the promise to revolutionize both clinical and public health nutrition practice and facilitate the establishment of (a) genome-informed nutrient […]
Human Microbiome
File Attachment: Human Microbiome FAQ from the American Academy of Microbiology
Health
. The condition of being well or free from disease . The overall condition of someone’s body or mind . The condition or state of something Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: https://www.andjrnl.org/article/S2212-2672%2812%2901991-0/abstract