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Keeping a Clean Mediterranean diet? Would you like to? If so, the NIH needs you.

Background: Trillions of tiny organisms-including bacteria, fungi, and viruses-live inside our intestines. These microorganisms break down nutrients in our food, aid our immunity, and help keep us healthy. The population balances among these organisms can vary in different people due to factors including genetics, lifestyle, and diet. More studies are…

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NIH awards will fund Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome research

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded five projects for research to better understand Post-treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome (PTLDS), which is a collection of symptoms, such as pain, fatigue, and difficulty thinking or “brain fog,” which linger following standard…

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Is There Really Any Benefit to Multivitamins? | Johns Hopkins Medicine

Is There Really Any Benefit to Multivitamins

“Pills are not a shortcut to better health and the prevention of chronic diseases,” says Larry Appel, M.D., director of the Johns Hopkins Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research. “Other nutrition recommendations have much stronger evidence of benefits—eating a healthy diet, maintaining a healthy weight, and reducing the…

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Why do I choose a more blunt style of talking? – Merlin Star’s Website

This is a question that I have been asked many many times in my life.Content warnings for the article: detailed ableism, COVID, ABA (applied behavior analysis), racism and racist phrases, eugenics, verbal and emotional abuse, transphobia, rambly, occasional caps, death“You’re too blunt”“Always go to her for the brutal honest truth”“You…

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Sucralose Is ‘Genotoxic,’ Linked to Leaky Gut: Study

The researchers found that sucralose causes DNA to break apart, putting people at risk for disease. They also linked sucralose to leaky gut syndrome, which means the lining of the intestines are worn down and become permeable. Symptoms are a burning sensation, painful digestion, diarrhea, gas, and bloating.When a substance…

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