"a leaky gut may play a critical role in the development of age-related inflammation and frailty"

The quote heading this post is taken from the findings reported by Yanfei Qi and colleagues [1] who set out to investigate whether " a...

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Welcoming zonulin into autism research

I was VERY happy to read the paper published by Erman Esnafoglu and colleagues [1] suggesting that: " zonulin , which regulates intest...

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p-cresol and autism continued

In a post a while back ( see here ) I talked about the important, but sometimes confusing, research on a possible role for  p -cresol (4-met...

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Psychiatric comorbidity accompanying irritable bowel syndrome

OK, a few choice words to start: the National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) , nationwide cohort study, large participant number...

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Gluten psychosis

" The present case-report confirms that psychosis may be a manifestation of NCGS  [non-coeliac gluten sensitivity] , and may also invo...

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Leaky gut as a later life event in autism?

Leaky gut and autism. Yes, it happens and I've talked about it quite a bit on this blog . If you're bored of me mentioning this pot...

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Evidence for an autoimmune aetiology of epilepsy?

With a title like that, I was bound to post about the paper by Mei-Sing Ong and colleagues  [1] and their suggestion that: " Epilepsy a...

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