Author Archives: "Alex Manos"

Welcome to my blog, ‘How to test for leaky gut at home.’ What Is Leaky Gut? The gut has the most significant exposure to antigens. The gut lining is selectively permeable – it allows the right stuff through, and prevents the wrong stuff from entering our blood stream. However, various things can compromise the gut

Welcome to my blog post Desulfovibrio: What You Need To Know You may like to also read my blog Hydrogen Sulphide: The Good, the bad, and the misunderstood. What Is Desulfovibrio? Desulfovibrio are sulfate-reducing bacteria that are ubiquitously present in the environment and as resident commensal bacteria within the human gut. Though they are minor residents

Understanding The Cell Danger Response Key Highlights The cell danger response is an ancient metabolic response to ‘threat’. The cell danger response encompasses many facets of cellular function: inflammation, oxidative stress, innate immunity, and the ER stress response. The cell danger response is maintained by extracellular nucleotide (purinergic) signaling. Chronic persistence of the cell danger

What Is MDMA? MDMA, often called ecstasy or Molly, is a psychoactive compound traditionally categorized as a psychedelic amphetamine that deemed a Schedule I controlled substance in the 1980s. Prior to its status as a controlled substance, it was used by psychotherapists for an array of psychiatric issues. In more recent times, MDMA has resurfaced

  What Is Eosinophilic Esophagitis? Eosinophilic esophagitis is a chronic/remittent allergic disease, defined by inflammation on the oesophagus and symptoms of esophageal dysfunction. What Are The Symptoms Of Eosinophilic Esophagitis? Eosinophilic esophagitis is a disease with variable symptoms and severity, co-morbidities (atopic vs. non-atopic), treatment response, and natural history. Symptoms may include: Trouble swallowing. Chest pain or heartburn.

Welcome to my blog on Clostridium butyricum. What Is Clostridium butyricum? C. butyricumShorten with AIShorten with AI, a butyrate-producing, spore-forming anaerobic bacterium, is found in a wide variety of environments, including soil, cultured milk products, and vegetables. It is also present in the human gut: it is detected in 10–20% of the adult human population

Welcome to my blog Sterigmatocystin: What You Need To Know. Sterigmatocystin Sterigmatocystin (STE) is a wide spread mycotoxin produced by Aspergillus fungi, with hepatotoxic and carcinogenetic proprieties. Other species such as Bipolaris, Chaetomium, Emiricella are also able to produce STE. (source) Mycotoxins (from the Greek words “mykes”: fungus and “toxicum”: poison) which mean fungus and

Welcome to my blog ‘Zearalenone: What You Need To Know’. You may also like to read my blog, Mould Illness: A UK Functional Medicine Approach. What Is Zearalenone? Zearalenone (ZEA), also known as F-2 toxin, is a mycotoxin produced by fungi of the genus Fusarium, widely exists in animal feed and human food. The structure

What Are The Best Probiotics? In this blog I highlight evidence-based recommendations for specific probiotics that have been shown to be helpful in specific health conditions. Do Probiotics Work? To answer this requires a little more context as there are SO many variables that will influence whether a study shows benefit in supplementing a probiotic