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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…

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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…