Inhibit Il-11 and live longer?
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A study in Nature in July 2024[1], raised the idea that blocking the interleukin 11 (IL-11) by using an IL-11 antibody could be a…
Inflammation
Immunometabolism – Nutrition is Key
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Disrupted immunometabolism: The hidden culprit behind complex health issues Nutrition plays a critical role in maintaining a healthy and properly functioning immune system. The…
Turmeric and its Polyphenol Curcumin is Calling You
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This natural polyphenol is universally known as the “wonder drug of life” [1] and has a long history of medicinal applications; 5,000 (Ayurveda) and…
Magnesium and its Crucial Role in Human Well-Being: Unveiling Subclinical Deficiency in the UK
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Magnesium (Mg) is a well-understood, essential mineral that plays a pivotal role in various physiological processes within the human body. While it often takes…
Lifestyle factors for the prevention and care of people with inflammatory bowel disease
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Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) are chronic inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) typically featuring chronic diarrhoea (with or without bleeding), abdominal pain, and…
Gastro Updates
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It’s the very nature of the type of clinical care that practitioners who use nutrition as a key mechanism of clinical care that the…
A Novel Bacterial answer to many inflammatory conditions?
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Clostridium butyricum Used for decades as a butyrate-producing probiotic, this beneficial bacterium is also linked to numerous immunological benefits related to GI-induced signalling that…
The ‘cross talk’ between sleep, nutrition, and immunity
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Sleep affects various immune parameters, and is associated with reduced infection risk and can improve infection outcome, autoimmunity, and vaccination responses[1]. Adequate nutrition is…
SCFAs and Skin Health
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‘It’s easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled’ attributed to Mark Twain The relationship between the gut and skin…
The Guts of Health
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Our digestive tract is a repository for a multitude of information processing cells, some of which are human and others not. Harbouring a diverse…
