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Gut/Brain Connection: Fear in Mice Controlled by Gut Microbes

I came across this fascinating article by ScienceMag.org surrounding how gut microbes were observed having the ability to control fear in lab mice, and I had to share... Chemicals released by bacteria may help gut control the brain, mouse study suggests "Chemicals released by bacteria in the gut seem to influence how mice recover from [...]

By |2023-04-07T12:56:01-08:00November 6th, 2019|

Toddler Diarrhea Or Constipation

A friend wrote to me of her son who was diagnosed with toddler diarrhea. A Colonoscopy revealed nothing serious - no inflammation or ulceration. He has been on various medications since being diagnosed a couple of years ago, but they only work short-term and then he is back to explosive stool, leakage of stool into [...]

By |2023-04-13T09:07:02-08:00December 14th, 2012|

Why Do People Become Ill?

The following question is one I hear a lot and indeed have asked myself for many years. It deals with the whole mind/body issue: If the mind, emotions, belief systems, mental thought and behaviour patterns can really have such a profound effect on the physical [...]

By |2023-04-12T08:07:37-08:00February 10th, 2009|
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