Mast Cells Getting Nasty in Long Hauler COVID (The main portion of this article was posted in 2021, but further research citations at the end support what the original article asserted. Mast Cells play a significant role in acute and long COVID symptoms. While the final cited study goes against the grain, most studies indicate…
Vitamin D stands out among the most critical and most researched nutrients. The list below only scratches the surface of known and suspected benefits of maintaining adequate vitamin D. It is actually more of a hormone than a vitamin in its mechanisms of action and in being produced from cholesterol metabolism. While nearly all recognize…
Wisdom encourages a careful evaluation of both the cost of care and the cost of not caring. The first is so obvious mentioning it seems frivolous. Read more and you will be surprised. The second goes easily forgotten, but the losses of inaction deserve more attention than they receive. The Cost of Caring for…
While the conventional world of medicine continue to deny the effects of mold toxins on our human health, articles like today’s remind us that conventional medicine is not always reading the research. Obafemi et al lays out the details of what we know about fumonisin B1 neurotoxicity with references to multiple studies and explanations of…
Far more people are recognizing the toxic soup that we are swimming in daily, but could this Exposome Moonshot project be hope for the future, or should we hesitate in the face of hype? Apparently someone in the science world caught wind of the problems we are facing and decided to gather government leaders, scientists,…
For millennia, man has asked what makes us do what we do, reaching a multitude of answers, some on target and some not. Ultimately, we are driven both by physical and spiritual factors. This particular study indicates that inflammation is one of the physical factors contributing to compulsions. Sidestepping those who want to pigeonhole our…
Phthalates not only plasticize countless everyday products but also the brains of babies born to moms using these products. Phthalates are added to so many different cosmetics and personal care products from daily life. These included detergents, shampoos, soaps, besides various plastic wrappings. This study looked at whether such phthalates exposures could affect a baby’s…
Living in a world of information flooding requires the proper navigation equipment. Imagine you’re riding a surging river over cataracts, eddies, and waterfalls. If you don’t have means and methods of sorting through the excessive propaganda, separating it from the truth, you will get sucked under the swirls and get bashed against the rocks. Starting…
Our children carry the effects of our stress into their bodies as we prepare them for the world. A Yale study suggests that better stress management can lower our children’s risk of obesity and its poor health outcomes. As parents, we strive for our children to have a better life than we have lived, whether…
Mast cells remind me of the world’s best photo-bombers, showing in so many basic functions of our immune system and in so many disease processes. Every time I turn around to read some science news, it seems mast cells have found their way into the picture again. In this article headline, mast cells, a part…