The brain-gut connection continues to amaze us. The evidence is now overwhelming. If you are laboring under any cognitive or mood issue, it behooves you to investigate the possibility that your diet and gut bacteria are impacting your health. Hugo Rodier, MD More Evidence Links Gum Di
The evidence for the Brain-Gut connection continues to mount. See article below. But it has always been clear that what we eat affects the microbiome AND every organ of the body. Why should the brain be different? Practical advice: if you are afraid of getting Alzheimer’s as you age,
INTEGRATIVE HEALTH EDUCATION Volume 21 Number 8 August 2020 This month’s editorial highlights the book below. Read it and weep. Hugo Rodier, MD Gut dysbiosis contributes to amyloid pathology, associated with C/EBPβ/AEP signaling activation in Alzheimer’s disease mouse model J.
The way to a man’s heart is his stomach. How true. It applies to women, too. Read my blogs with that title. They highlight studies that prove this not-so-surprising point. Read below the latest stanza on this old song. If you are not interested in the details (I include them because w
It is easy to beat up on greed. I try not to because it is a waste of energy. Yet, its slimy tentacles invade every aspect of our lives. What I find most reprehensible is how Big Pharma colludes to denigrate nutritional therapies, even specific foods. All the while it markets their is
A boy gets a pile of manure for his birthday. Gleefully, he dives into it, yelling, “there’s gotta be a pony under it!” Two monks wonder if it is OK to smoke and pray at the same time. They decide to separately ask their master about it. The first one comes back dejected, saying the m
When I was in medical school, I studied out of journals, not textbooks. I felt the latter were dated. I left them at school so I could read Asimov, Henry Miller, Tolstoy, Hugo, Dostoyevsky, etc. I even read The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich along with the PBS TV series. It is the b
SPECIAL ISSUE ON WEIGHT LOSS, DAIRY Nearly everyone has tried to lose weight. Often, we fail and/or regain the weight. Why? This issue features two full articles on this vexing problem. If you do not wish to study them, here is a brief summary on why it is difficult to lose weight: de
