From football shoes to bracelets and banners we see pink everywhere as a sign of support for breast cancer. From a family with this cancer in the genes, I am a firm supporter. But the breast cancer support month will come to a close shortly. Like it or not, another… Continue Reading
Crohns Disease, and What You Can Do
Diet, Antibiotics, Emulcifiers, Prebiotics
Crohns Disease is sharply increasing in incidence in the US and in the entire Western developed world. This is a fact that is no longer in doubt. We know that there is a genetic component to the disease but at this time your genes cannot be… Continue Reading
LISTERIA, GUT INFECTIONS AND PREBIOTICS
LISTERIA, GUT INFECTIONS AND PREBIOTICS
Frank W Jackson MD
Now it is the bacteria Listeria coming from contaminated cantaloupes that has caused serious intestinal infection including deaths in 16 people. Several months ago it was various sprouts causing illness and death from a very virulent E coli species.… Continue Reading
The Skinny on OBESITY and PREBIOTICS
Percent of Obese (BMI greater than 30) in U.S. Adults
This article focuses on weight loss and those who are overweight. It likely is important for people with type 2 diabetes or prediabetes as well. If your weight is normal, you may have a family member or friend… Continue Reading
Immunity, Antibiotics, Diet and Prebiotics
I receive the prestigious science journal Nature every week and I eagerly peruse it to find items of interest. There are always plenty of them. Two jumped out a me recently and are exceptionally related.
Immune Response
The first was from the now famous Jeff Gordon’s lab in St Louis.… Continue Reading
Living Longer-Drugs, Diet and Prebiotics
A front page article in the New York Times Aug 19, 2001 discussed a new drug that allowed genetically designed obese mice to live 44% longer than obese mice who did not get the drug. The drug is related to the substance found in red wine called reservatrol which has
Stress and Your Gut – There is a Link!
We physicians and patients alike have long known that there is a link between the gut and how the brain functions. Some people get abdominal cramps when under acute stress such as examinations or acute interpersonnal discord of any type. Others are only too well aware of emotional distress associated
How Much Prebiotic or Prebiotin Can You Take?
The agave plant is unique to the southwest part of the US, more specifically to the sonoran desert in southern Arizona. The plant has wide spicky leaves, but a juicy heart which is loaded with inulin that is heart of the this story. Today agave is known for its… Continue Reading
Stress and Your Gut – There is a Link!
We physicians and patients alike have long known that there is a link between the gut and how the brain functions. Some people get abdominal cramps when under acute stress such as examinations or acute interpersonal discord of any type. Others are only too well aware of emotional distress associated… Continue Reading
SIBO (small intestinal bacterial overgrowth) and Antibiotics
SIBO stands for small intestinal bacterial overgrowth. It is now commonly diagnosed for many GI symptoms and conditions. However, there are still very many GI physicians who don’t think that SIBO has been proven yet (see link below). How could this be?… Continue Reading
