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
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Eosinophilic Esophagitis
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.
Continue reading »Clostridium butyricum: What You Need To Know (2024)
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
Continue reading »Sterigmatocystin: What You Need To Know (2024)
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
Continue reading »Zearalenone: What You Need To Know
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
Continue reading »What Are The Best Probiotics?
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
Continue reading »Prostate Cancer: Everything You Need To Know
This blog is only partly written, I will be editing it and expanding upon it over the coming weeks but I wanted to publish a ‘first draft’ as soon as I could my dad was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer. So this one’s for you dad. According to Prostate Cancer UK, 144 men every day
Continue reading »What Is Narrative Medicine?
What Is Narrative Medicine Narrative medicine is “a fundamental tool to acquire, comprehend, and integrate the different points of view of all the participants having a role in the illness experience.” Narrative medicine is one of the most important concepts I have come across in my learning. After all, it is through stories that we
Continue reading »Psychedelics and Cluster Headaches
Welcome to my blog entitled ‘Psychedelics and Cluster Headaches’. Before we start, other blogs that you might be interested in, include: Alex’s Recommended Books On Psychedelics Alex’s Recommended Documentaries On Psychedelics Several studies and reports over the past 50 years have shown potential analgesic benefit in cancer pain, phantom limb pain and cluster headache (1).
Continue reading »Psychedelics: A Treatment For Alzheimer’s Disease
In this blog entitled ‘Psychedelics: A Treatment For 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
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