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Assessing your Exposure to Glyphosate

Posted by Manuela Boyle on 29 April 2023
Assessing your Exposure to Glyphosate
Glyphosate is the main active ingredient for many broad-spectrum herbicides. The use of glyphosate has increased over 25-fold in the last 30 years. This has led to an increased detection of glyphosate and its by-product, aminomethylphosphoic acid (AMPA) in soil and water 2. There are over 750 different herbicides that contain glyphosate, which has made it difficult to avoid using products that contain it 3.  Fresh fruits and vegetables and processed products have been shown to have up ...
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Why We Provide Personalised Nutritional Interventions

Posted by Manuela Boyle on 21 April 2023
Why We Provide Personalised Nutritional Interventions
With the rising prevalence of chronic disease, nutrition-based interventions are fundamental components of many therapeutic strategies for disease treatment and prevention. A variety of factors shape personalised nutritional therapies. For example, a patient’s specific chronic disease, underlying nutrient deficiency, or presentation of disease symptoms may direct a nutritional approach to include or exclude certain foods or require a clinician to create a tailored dietary plan to suppo...
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The Drivers of Burnout

Posted by Manuela Boyle on 10 March 2023
The Drivers of Burnout
Burnout is a state of mental and physical exhaustion that can zap the joy out of your career, friendships, and family interactions. Continual exposure to stressful situations, like caring for an ill family member, working long hours, or witnessing upsetting news related to politics and school safety can lead to this stress condition. Burnout, however, isn’t always easy to spot. With that in mind, we’ve put together a guide to help you identify the signs of burnout, as well as way...
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Zonulin To Understanding Leaky Gut

Posted by Manuela Boyle on 3 March 2023
Zonulin To Understanding Leaky Gut
Zonulin is a protein that modulates the permeability of tight junctions between cells of the wall of the digestive tract. It was discovered in 2000 by Alessio Fasano and his team at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. As the mammalian analog of zonula occludens toxin, secreted by cholera pathogen Vibrio cholerae, zonulin has been implicated in the pathogenesis of celiac disease and diabetes mellitus type 1. Type 2 diabetic patients have shown increased zonulin. “The amazing...
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Obesity As A Risk Factor For Breast Cancer

Posted by Manuela Boyle on 2 March 2023
Obesity As A Risk Factor For Breast Cancer
Obesity promotes breast epithelium DNA damage in women carrying a germline mutation in BRCA1 or BRCA2 Obesity, defined as a body mass index (BMI) ≥ 30, is an established risk factor for breast cancer among women in the general population after menopause. Bhardwaj et al., (2023) show that DNA damage in normal breast epithelia of women carrying a BRCA mutation is positively correlated with BMI and with biomarkers of metabolic dysfunction. In addition, RNA sequencing showed obesity-ass...
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