Tag: inflammation
Statins damage muscles by increasing endotoxin/LPS absorption and inhibiting glucose metabolism
Statin drugs that lower cholesterol are perhaps the most widely prescribed medications globally. Despite their effectiveness at…
Interfering with mitochondrial dynamics causes cancer (by driving inflammation); no carcinogen/mutation required!
One of the rare studies that quietly lets the truth out in the open. Namely, that cancer…
Blocking the endotoxin/LPS receptor (TLR4) prevents brain damage from concussion
Yet another incurable and deadly condition tied to inflammation and endotoxin, and apparently easily preventable by blocking…
Eliminating sugar (sucrose) from the diet leads to diabetes, as well as gut and liver inflammation
This study will probably rile up the low-carb legions, who seem to have completely taken over the…
High-fat diet causes depression by increasing inflammation; low-dose aspirin reverses both
The evidence for depression as an inflammatory disease is pretty strong at this point, and several pharma…
An inflammatory PUFA metabolite drives liver fibrosis (cirrhosis) by poisoning mitochondria
Ray wrote extensively about the toxicity of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) , particularly their propensity to undergo lipid peroxidation…
A constipation drug can treat kidney disease, likely by lowering endotoxin/LPS
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is conventionally managed with blood pressure control, protein restriction, and phosphate binders. Constipation…
Endotoxin/LPS can cause spontaneous abortion by raising nitric oxide (NO)
I am posting this study as a kind of a follow-up on the one I posted just…
High-fat diet ups cortisol/serotonin (5-HT), hinders 5-HT deactivation, causes leaky gut and systemic inflammation
I am sure I will get a lot of hate-mail about this, but frankly this is not…
Plasma endotoxin/LPS is a reliable predictor of mortality in hospitalized children
A great study, whose findings (I believe) can be plausibly extended to all hospitalized patients given the…