Just to let you know I have recently updated the Candida Plan - and the TrulyGlutenFree version, of course. I've rejigged the protocol as some of the products I recommended before had changed, so it was a good opportunity to research the latest approaches and bring it up to date. As usual, my plans are …
Testing and Treating Infections – and the New Cyrex 12 Autoimmune Pathogens Test
The new Cyrex 12 PAIRS test was released this weekend. It stands for Pathogen Associated Immune Reactivity Screen. In other words, it is looking for infections of various kinds that trigger or exacerbate autoimmunity. Useful. And it got me thinking about testing and treating infections generally. First,let's look at the autoimmunity link briefly. We know …
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Parasites Trigger Histamine Reactions
A good reminder for us today from Yasmina not to forget parasites as a cause of an over-enthusiastic allergy or immune response: PARASITES TRIGGER MAST CELL HISTAMINE RELEASE "Pretty much any invader can cause this mast cell activation... "There are many causes of a high overall IgE level, but parasite infection is definitely one of them. …