Vitamin A and Immune Specificity
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Homeostasis — literally ‘standing still’ — describes the mechanisms by which all biological systems maintain stability. In effect this is the position at which…
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Immune Supportive Agents and Considerations for Autoimmunity
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Dr Carrie Decker ND explores the role of a number of nutrients in the management of immune responses to challenges. The topic of infection…
Late-Onset Dementia: a Mosaic of Prototypical Pathologies Modifiable by Diet and Lifestyle
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Across the world there are chronic diseases affecting the lives of many, most of which are preventable or modifiable by appropriate lifestyle changes. Yet…
Calcium Supplements Do Not Prevent Fractures
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The recommendation for consumption of calcium over the typically recognised minimum official recommendations in the UK and Nordic countries of 700-800 mg/day of dietary…
Histamine, Histamine Degradation, and Histamine Intolerance
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Dr Carrie Decker ND, explores the mechanisms behind the increasingly recognised and better understood intolerance to histamine (1% of population are likely to suffer).…
What’s killing us? Mostly our own bad habits!
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Concerns about mortality and these days morbidity settle on people’s shoulders at different times and with different weights. Some are blissfully immune to risk…
Gluten Digestion in the Face of Inadvertent Exposure
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Dr Carrie Decker ND, explores the potential management of indavertent ingestion of gluten, which for those people needing to exclude exposure to these proteins…
Aged Between 8 And 16 – Use Oily Fish to Reduce Risk of Nasal Allergies!
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Published in the Journal Allergy and Clinical Immunology July 2015, a research paper explores the relationship between anti-inflammatory lipids in food and risk of…
