Study suggests that gut bacteria manipulation may be able to tamp down neuroinflammation
Multiple sclerosis is a brain disease, right? Wrong. A recent study suggested that M.S. is actually a gut-brain disease and that drug makers trying to cure M.S. may be barking up the wrong tree. They should be looking to the gut – not the brain.
It’s not just about M.S. though. The recent discovery of a gut bacteria triggered anti-inflammatory process reaching all the way up to the brain potentially has vast treatment implications for neuroinflammatory diseases like M.S. and ME/CFS and FM.
Find out more in this Simmaron Research Foundation sponsored blog:
Could the Gut Cure Neuroinflammation? An M.S. and ME/CFS/FM Inquiry
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I am interest to know how this information incorporates the immunity dysfunction prevalent in ME/CHF and if this research has any connection to SPRINGER research on Cytotoxic T lymphocytes connection to suppression of antibodies. That you.
2015 research is a prelude to 2019 research re:
http://simmaronresearch.com/2015/09/tea-time-at-simmaron-i-mady-hornig-on-the-peterson-subsets-immune-exhaustion-and-new-gut-findings-in-mecfs/
“Tryptophan is metabolized to either serotonin or kynurenine. If serotonin levels are low, the levels of kynurenine are likely high. Plentiful serotonin results in feelings of well-being, emotional resilience, and immune balance. High levels of kynurenine, on the other hand, have been associated with a host of neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders. Dr. Hornig has called the kynurenine pathway her favorite pathway because it’s been implicated in so many diseases.”
A just-released review highlights the role of the gut in Parkinson’s Disease:
https://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2019-02-involvement-gut-parkinson-disease-hype.html
Just as gut flora can have an effect on brain functioning, i am leaning to believing that having a worm ? munching around and ‘pooping out’ ➰ worm ‘compost’ into the brain is not a good thing.
There is some symptom overlap in MS and CFS/ ME and alzheimer’s disease.
If they are found to be caused by a worm—and its biofilm pals—it would be better for this to be found out.
For they are serious, debilatating, DEADLY diseases.
Who wants to pursue a finding of an icky (a worm) causing their, or a friend’s, disease?
I think few people.
Otherwise parts of Dr. Alan Macdonald’s videos would have gone viral.
Why hasn’t this?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EHVXJpDBcmU