by Cort Johnson | Jan 27, 2019 | Brain, Gut, Gut, Immune, Microbiome, 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...
by Cort Johnson | Dec 18, 2018 | Gut, Gut, Homepage, Microbiome
Tens of billions of dollars ($36 billion in 2015) are spent on probiotics in the U.S. every year. Two recent Isreali studies, though, suggest that some of that money is being spent in vain. The study revealed that while some people may benefit from probiotics, others...
by Cort Johnson | Dec 12, 2018 | Allodynia, Autoimmune, Brain, Gut, Herpes Simplex Virus, Homepage, Ivabradine, IVIG, Migraine, Prefrontal Cortex
It’s always hard to lose a loved one, but the deaths in ME/CFS seem particularly hard. They tend to be quite painful, they often take place in the midst of a non-supportive medical system, and they’re a complete mystery. With no seeming way out it’s...
by Cort Johnson | Nov 20, 2018 | Fecal transplants, Gut, Microbiome
Depending on the status of your gut and immune system probiotics and fecal transplants may or may not help.
by Cort Johnson | Sep 4, 2018 | Autoimmune, Energy Production, Gut, Oxidative Stress
An autoimmune model proposes that a leaky gut and a genetic predisposition laid the foundation for chronic fatigue syndrome to occur when an infection hit.
by Cort Johnson | Aug 1, 2018 | Gut, Research
For the first time ever in ME/CFS Ian Lipkin merged a gut microbiome and a metabolomics study together and came up with some surprising results. For one the differences in the gut microbiome were more profound than in the metabolome. For another the study suggested...