By Linda on Jun 17, 2011 in F.I.G.H.T. | comments(0)
Linda’s comments: Probiotics and digestive enzymes are a MUST in life today as we know it, but more importantly probiotics and digestive enzymes are vital to recovery of autoimmune disease, lyme disease, Cancer, etc., etc. etc. What most don’t understand is the best time to begin probiotics and digestive enzymes is BEFOR you get sick….
Dr. Gordon’s comments:
Probiotics are beginning to get the attention they deserve.
Garry F. Gordon MD,DO,MD(H)
President, Gordon Research Institute
www.gordonresearch.com
Link: http://www.nutraingredients.com/Health-condition-categories/Cognitive-and-mental-function/Could-probiotics-affect-behaviour/?utm_source=Newsletter_Product&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Newsletter%2BProduct
Excerpt:
Could probiotics affect behaviour?
By Stephen Daniells, 23-Jun-2009
Increasing knowledge of how the gut and brain is opening up the possibilities for probiotics. At the 5th International Yakult Symposium in Amsterdam, Stephen Daniells met Professor John Bienenstock from McMaster University to find out where the current thinking is with probiotics and brain health.
By Linda on Feb 28, 2011 in Infections | comments(0)
Link: http://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&id=21156061&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks
Excerpt:
RESULTS: This study
reveals the digestive machinery of the I. ricinus during the course of
blood-feeding on the host. The dynamic profiling of concentrations,
activities and mRNA expressions of the major digestive enzymes demonstrates
that the de novo synthesis of peptidases triggers the dramatic increase of
the hemoglobinolytic activity along the feeding period. Overall
hemoglobinolysis, as well as the activity of digestive peptidases are
negligible at the early stage of feeding, but increase dramatically towards
the end of the slow feeding period, reaching maxima in fully fed ticks. This
finding contradicts the established opinion that blood digestion is reduced
at the end of engorgement.
Furthermore, we show that the digestive proteolysis is localized
intracellularly throughout the whole duration of feeding.
CONCLUSIONS: Results suggest that the
egressing proteolytic system in the early stage of feeding and digestion is
a potential target for efficient impairment, most likely by blocking its
components via antibodies present in the host blood. Therefore, digestive
enzymes are promising candidates for development of novel ‘anti-tick’
vaccines capable of tick control and even transmission of tick-borne
pathogens.
