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The Gut-Brain Connection: Advancing Health Through Nutrition

Recent scientific discoveries have unveiled a profound link between gut health and brain function, positioning dietary choices and gastrointestinal well-being at the forefront of overall health.[1] This connection is particularly significant in two areas: the use of probiotics for digestive health[2] and the application of neuronutrition in stroke recovery[3]. Probiotics and the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor A groundbreaking study published in Foods has shed light on how probiotics influence gut health...

Immune Health

Thyroid health and immunity

Thyroid hormones (THs) are critical regulators of important physiological processes within the human body, which become particularly evident in case of TH imbalance. Both deficiency and excess of THs are associated with severe disorders affecting different organs/systems. Interestingly, hypothyroidism is associated with increased susceptibility to infectious diseases. Yet, a comprehensive understanding of the local control of TH action within the different components of the immune system is still...

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‘Here’s the thing’

In clinical practice, where lifestyle intervention is the primary strategy, it can be a real challenge to firstly motivate for change and then facilitate ongoing adoption of changed behaviours to create an evolved and enhanced health status. This can be so problematic that many primary healthcare professionals more familiar with pharmaceutical allocation find the prospect of an adaptive approach too off-putting. On the other side, there are many who pivot from pharmaceutical approaches to nutraceutical...

Immune Health Diets Vitamin C Vitamin D

Vitamin D & C – Again!

It occurred, after listening to various (UK and International) politicians trying to explain behaviour that the rest of the country (and most of the world) understands is bereft of justification, that the energy spent in defending the indefensible, could instead be applied to promoting vitamin D3. Early in the 2019 Sars-Cov-2 discovery period, vitamin D3 was highlighted by many researchers as having the capacity to improve and enhance immunity, especially regarding anti-viral activities. Over the...

Immune Health Coronavirus Diets Vitamin D

Division and Distrust

The year ahead is of course simply a continuation of the prior year, nothing magical occurs on the 1st day of January that creates a clean slate. Our actions, intent and social structure simply roll over, albeit that the Christmas or festive season creates a host of familial challenges, but on a global scale the world marches on. Yet it is in our nature to seek new beginnings, release hope and optimism and search for a better period ahead. Inevitably this will involve hopes that relate to personal...

Digestive Health Vitamin D

Vit D and IBD

A research paper published in the United European Gastroenterology Journal showed that if you are experiencing a period of remission with Cohn’s disease that Vitamin D confers additional benefit in restoring/maintaining appropriate gut permeability.[1] In this small study – some 27 people were involved, all of whom were determined to be in remission at the time of the oral supplementation with either 2000 iu of vitamin D or a placebo for 90 days. They found, that patients treated with the supplementation...

The Gut-Brain Connection: Advancing Health Through Nutrition

Thyroid health and immunity

‘Here’s the thing’

Vitamin D & C – Again!

Division and Distrust

Vit D and IBD

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