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  1. B

    Possible dental abscess?

    Can anyone help interpret these x-ray results? I fear I have an abscess (some mild tooth pain when chewing, and a small bump that formed on my gums that seems to come and go and is quite small). I saw a dentist, who took x-rays and said I had a "granuloma" on the gum tissue but it was...
  2. cs3000

    Low Copper & Lung function (shortness of breath, copd)

    inflammation / infection lowers copper in lungs through TNF-a Copper Deficiency in the Lungs of TNF-α Transgenic Mice copper depletion can cause emphysema , lung damage Copper Deficiency Induced Emphysema Is Associated with Focal Adhesion Kinase Inactivation (copper is critical for proper...
  3. cs3000

    Prevention of Influenza episodes with Colostrum compared with vaccination in Healthy and High-Risk Cardiovascular subjects

    Colostrum is great for protective immunity, 4.6 days of disease in 3 months when taking colostrum daily vs 11.3 days in vaccine group vs 13.2 days in untreated group also 2x the amount of people didnt get infections vs the other groups. "colostrum is at least 3 times more effective than...
  4. TruffleGnocchi

    Does living in high altitude affect pathogens, inside and outside the body?

    I read that statistically, high altitude living is correlated with a decreased risk of cancer by 14% for each 1000 meters. And also lower risk of heart disease. Initial risk for people that have heart disease already and move up to higher altitudes when they are not adapted, but statistically...
  5. haidut

    Low mitochondrial function is akin to immunosuppression

    While most people intuitively link metabolic rate with things like weight and exercise/athletic performance, few people realize that since everything in the body (including its structure) is dependent on energy production, our immune system function and response to infections is also largely...
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    Belly Button Infection - Glutamate Connection?

    I had posted around 2 years ago how eating boiled shitake mushrooms brought about the worst Belly Button infection of my life (Attached photo will give you an idea). Its like a semi hard thing slowly trying to come out from my navel, and once it does it bursts out like a boil and carries pus...
  7. B

    Aspirin in the context of Endotoxin Tolerance

    Summary of studies: Endotoxin tolerance (ET) is a reduced responsiveness to a LPS challenge following a first encounter with endotoxin. Chronically, this may lead to local or systemic immunosuppression. Despite ongoing low-grade tissue irritation, only a blunted immune response is mounted. On...
  8. T

    Can infections cause symptoms in a state of high metabolism?

    For example, chronic infections like lyme, or parasitic infections. The goal isn’t so much to fully get rid of them, but to enable the body to keep them under check and remain assymptomatic. So I wonder if anyone got in remission from these or other issues, just by raising his metabolism
  9. haidut

    COVID-19 is a serotonin-dependent disease

    As the COVID-19 pandemic spread all over the world in early 2020, some of the earliest studies identified serotonin (5-HT) as a culprit in the severity of the disease and proposed using 5-HT antagonists such as cyproheptadine as treatment. Other studies found by accident that the anti-acid drug...
  10. Grapelander

    Phenylalanine/Tyrosine Ratio: Estimating the Presence of an Inflammatory Disease and the Catabolic State

    Information on the Phenylalanine/Tyrosine Ratio. More information to make an informed decision in your amino acid choices. I took much phenylalanine (w/ Gotu Kola) when I was younger (17 to 30 years old.). As I got older I switched to Tyrosine. I tried taking phenylalanine last year and it felt...
  11. haidut

    Reductive stress drives pathogenesis and progression of tuberculosis

    I am posting this study b/c it is one of the few I have seen lately demonstrating that even infectious diseases are metabolic in origin. Of course, a pathogen is involved as well, but as it turns out it may not be able to cause an infection by itself. For that to happen, a metabolic dysfunction...
  12. haidut

    Niacin / niacinamide ratio may be a very good test for bacterial infection

    A very interesting study, which may provide a cheap, fast and easy method for testing whether a person has a bacterial or not. This is very useful in cases of respiratory diseases where a clinician has to determine if the respiratory infection is of bacterial or viral origin, in order to decide...
  13. haidut

    Risk of COVID-19 infection myocarditis not higher compared to other viruses

    I am posting this as something corroborating Peat's comments that the risks of many so-called "long" COVID-19 after-effects and pathologies is not higher compared to the risk caused by infection with other viruses. Myocarditis is probably the most commonly mentioned risk of getting a COVID-19...
  14. haidut

    Both "long" COVID-19 and CFS are likely caused by hypometabolism

    A good study that examines the remarkable parallels between the so-called "long" COVID-19 (i.e. chronic display of symptoms associated with COVID-19) and the (in)famous chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). Namely, increases inflammation, excessive glycolysis, suppressed mitochondrial function and...
  15. haidut

    Aspirin may prevent and treat COVID-19

    I may get banned from social media for making a post with such a title, but I am simply reporting on what the study discovered. Namely, even a low-dose aspirin used mostly for ischemic attack (heart or brain) prevention reduced risks of SARS-CoV-2 infection by almost 30%, while also shortening...
  16. haidut

    PUFA metabolites may drive bacterial infections and their resistance to antibiotics

    The study below demonstrates yet again that there is hardly an aspect of human health that PUFA does not influence in a detrimental manner, even seemingly non-metabolic aspects such as bacterial infections. As it turns out, most bacteria express the enzyme family known as lipoxygenases (LOX) and...
  17. haidut

    CNN: The COVID-19 vaccines do not prevent infection

    A few weeks ago I posted an op-ed in the prestigious BMJ discussing how the COVID-19 vaccines trials are almost pointless as they are not designed to test if the vaccines would prevent development of COVID-19, exacerbations of COVID-19, hospitalizations, or deaths. The trials were apparently...
  18. haidut

    Cuomo says NY must reopen ASAP or they will be nothing left to reopen

    A year ago, if I had seen an article like that on MSM I would have just rolled my eyes and assumed it was just schizophrenic journalists writing in a state of SSRI withdrawal. Yet, here it is and it is not an isolated news item. After an entire year of mocking, vilifying, arresting, doxxing...
  19. haidut

    Obesity "paradox" Strikes Again - Protection Against COVID-19

    I suspect this one will not go down will with the "lean is always good" crowd, which consists predominantly of members of the medical profession. Aside from all the health risks of obesity for pretty much any chronic disease, the news over the last 6 months have been replete with warning from...
  20. L

    Tetanus Vaccine - What Do You Think?

    Do you think it’s necessary at all, under certain circumstances? Has Ray Peat said anything about his, does anyone know his opinion?
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