Alternative & Complementary Healthcare
Older women have a higher risk of Alzheimer's than men and researchers may have found one reason why. It seems that the disease causes could be different in men and women. Essentially, researchers have found that women had much lower levels of the essential fatty acids in their blood. For women, the disease seems to …
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We are constantly told how important a sense of purpose is to us in life. Without one, we can become depressed and, sort-of, rudderless. I totally agree with that. But how do you find a sense of purpose, and what if you just lose it? I think there can be lots of factors in this …
Great reminder today from Dr K - this is precisely why I ask the question on the new patient case review form: 'Have you ever been knocked unconscious even if only for a few seconds?' ...research shows that concussion patients can experience chronic brain inflammation for years after the initial injury, resulting in serious long-term …
I keep seeing reports that Long Covid sufferers are having cognitive issues like brain fog and neurological/brain/nervous system issues like anxiety, depression and PTSD. Here's one for a start: More Evidence COVID 'Brain Fog' IsBiologically Based (which basically says it is neuroinflammation in many cases) Treating Long Covid Trauma & PTSD The PTSD is totally …
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Two-thirds of people with a gluten sensitivity experience neurological symptoms instead of gut symptoms. This is because the tissue most affected by a gluten sensitivity is nerve tissue.The majority of Hashimoto’s [autoimmune hypothyroid] patients are gluten-sensitive or have celiac disease, which means gluten can play a role in their depression and anxiety.Gluten cross reacts with dairy, meaning the …
Most people - and physicians - think gluten illness stops at coeliac disease and problems with the gut. That is a BIG mistake. Gluten related disorders including non-coeliac gluten sensitivity (NCGS) are rife, certainly according to my clinical experience - and I must have tested at least 300 people by now for gluten reactivity. And …
This is a new one on me, I have to say. Doing my Neuroinflammation training course, I have recently been astounded at the impact a trauma to the head can have on future illness. Think playing footie and being knocked out momentarily or smacking your head a good one during a car bump; even being …
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Useful podcast from Chris Kresser recently about B12 being under-diagnosed. I am being asked about the holotranscobalamin II, or holoTC form of B12 which detects early stage problems, which is why I was looking at it. I realised I have been a daftie recently because people have been asking me if I can get the holoTC …
Ooh, we could have told them this about 6 years ago at least couldn't we? However, it is nice to see published research backing up the fact that coeliac disease is not 'just' a gastrointestinal disorder; it affects us psychologically and neurologically too. And that's to say nothing of the people who have NCGS (non …
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