Tag: endotoxin

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Vitamin E may prevent, treat rheumatoid arthritis (RA) by restoring the gut barrier

This is one of those studies where the most important finding is not directly stated, but implied….

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Endotoxin, cold, flue increase risk of dementia

I am posting this study not so much because of the link between chronic low-grade inflammation and…

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Serum endotoxin level is a reliable biomarker of liver disease

It looks like the interest in gut-derived pathogenic substances is steadily increasing in the medical field. After…

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Niacinamide fully reverses endotoxemia and leaky gut (from ethanol)

The study below is a true gem due to both its broadness of impact, as well as…

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Endotoxin (LPS) – a reliable biomarker of cardiovascular disease (CVD)

It looks like more and more medical groups are waking up to the important role LPS plays…

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Endotoxin (LPS) may drive kidney damage in diabetes type II

Not much of a news, but I like adding to the, already big, pile of evidence that…

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Another “paradox” – glucocorticoids cause inflammation, insulin blocks it

As many of my readers know, I am not a fan of the ubiquitous usage of both…

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Endotoxin (LPS) causes Alzheimer Disease (AD)

I have made posts on this topic in the past, but it seems this most recent study…

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Blocking endotoxin may reverse cognitive decline of aging

Another study implicating endotoxin (LPS) and its associated receptor (TLR4) in a phenotype of aging considered “normal”…

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Endotoxin (LPS) drives obesity, diabetes and CVD in young people

It looks like medicine is starting to change course on its attitude to endotoxin (LPS). After claiming…