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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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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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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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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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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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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…