Welcome to my blog entitled ‘What Makes A Good Psychedelic Practitioner?’. Before we start, other blogs that you might be interested in, include: Alex’s Recommended Books On Psychedelics Alex’s Recommended Documentaries On Psychedelics So let’s get started! The public are becoming increasingly aware of the psychedelic renaisance and the potential therapeutic benefits of psychedelics, and
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Alex’s Favourite Psychedelic Documentaries
Welcome to this blog where I highlight some of my favourite psychedelic documentaries. You may also like to check out the section of my blog dedicated to psychedelics here. Magic Medicine (2018) Can magic mushrooms cure depression? Over two years we follow the first ever medical trial of psilocybin (the psychoactive ingredient in magic
Continue reading »The Critical Link Between Diet And Depression
Welcome to my blog entitled ‘The Critical Link Between Diet And Depression’. Before we start, other blogs that you might be interested in, include: The Ultimate Guide To IBS SIBO: What Causes It Can the gut microbiome cause depression and changes in mood? Globally, more than 250 million people are affected by depression. Currently available
Continue reading »How Do Antibiotics Effect The Gut Microbiome And How To Restore It
Welcome to my blog entitled ‘How Do Antibiotics Effect The Gut Microbiome And How To Restore It’. Before we start, other blogs that you might be interested in, include: The Ultimate Guide To IBS SIBO: What Causes It Can the gut microbiome cause depression and changes in mood? Since Alexander Fleming discovered the first antibiotic
Continue reading »Alex’s Favourite Books On Psychedelics
Welcome to this blog where I highlight some of my favourite books on psychedelics. You may also like to check out the section of my blog dedicated to psychedelics here. In this guide to the immediate and long-term effects of psychedelic use for spiritual (high dose), therapeutic (moderate dose), and problem-solving (low dose) purposes, Fadiman
Continue reading »Could Psychedelics Help Treat Alzheimer’s Disease?
In this blog entitled ‘Could Psychedelics Help Treat Alzheimer’s Disease?’ I am going to discuss the potential benefit of psychedelics in Alzheimer’s. It is inspired and based on the paper entitled “Psychedelics as a Treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease Dementia“. Before we start, other blogs that you might be interested in, include: Can Psychedelics Help With
Continue reading »Everything You Need To Know About Fusobacterium
In this blog entitled ‘Everything You Need To Know About Fusobacterium’ I am going to discuss the bacteria Fusobacterium with the aim of highlighting how this bacteria influences both health and disease. Before we start, other blogs that you might be interested in, include: The Ultimate Guide To IBS SIBO: What Causes It Can the
Continue reading »Can Psychedelics Help With Chronic Pain Conditions?
In this blog I will discuss the potential therapeutic benefits of psychedelics in chronic pain conditions such as fibromyalgia. It is inspired by a paper entitled Chronic pain and psychedelics: a review and proposed mechanism of action. Before we start, other blogs that you might be interested in, include: Psychedelics As Anti-Inflammatory Agents: A New
Continue reading »Medicinal Mushrooms
In this blog I am going to discuss the numerous health benefits of medicinal mushrooms. Mushrooms have been used by humans since thousands of years as food and/or as medicine and have been used for treating simple and common diseases, like skin diseases and pandemic diseases like AIDS (2). Mushrooms are proven to possess anti-allergic,
Continue reading »Alexithymia: The Role Of Emotions In Health
What Is Alexithymia (Alexi’)? The term “alexithymia” was introduced by Peter Sifneos in 1973, to designate a cluster of cognitive and affective characteristics that were observed among patients with classical psychosomatic diseases (1). Messina et al. have postulated that at least three forms, primary, secondary, and organic, might characterize alexithymia. What Is Primary Alexithymia? It
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