Tag: endotoxin

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Endotoxin/LPS can cause anxiety/depression; COX inhibitors (e.g. aspirin) may treat both

Another study demonstrating the potent effects endotoxin/LPS has on systemic inflammation and mental health even after a…

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Even a single endotoxin/LPS exposure has long-lasting health effects

I am posting this study simply as an example of how profound the effect of endotoxin/LPS is…

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Aversion to bitter taste may be a sign of endotoxin/LPS overload, chronic disease

Just a few days ago I did a post about a study, which showed that endotoxin (LPS)…

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Another “paradox” – elevated cortisol, from high-fat diet, increases inflammation

Over the last year or so I posted about several studies demonstrating that even short-term usage of…

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Illness (endotoxin) makes body odor unpleasant, may lead to social shunning

The study below demonstrated something most of us have known intuitively since childhood. Namely, sick people not…

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Parkinson Disease (PD) akin to infectious disease – driven by endotoxin, damaged mitochondria

Yet another study demonstrating that there is no need for genes or any other hereditary mechanism to…

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Parkinson Disease (PD) is metabolic, of gut origin, progesterone to the rescue

One of the most famous sayings in medicine since antiquity has been Hippocrates’ quip that “all disease…

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Blocking endotoxin (TLR4) may prevent death from viral infections (COVID-19/ARDS)

Almost a decade ago I posted about a “rogue” study which had the audacity to suggest that…

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Dietary PUFA (linoleic acid) causes inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)

The rates of IBD have truly skyrocketed over the last 10-15 years, significantly surpassing the general increase…

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Media: Endotoxin (LPS) drives obesity/diabetes

I did not think we will ever see such a headline in a major news outlet, but…