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Leaky Gut, Leaky Brain – Tight Junction Dysfuntion

Dr Zach Bush gives us a comprehensive understanding of how our tight junctions are breaking down and creating inflammation in part due to Monsanto's glyphosate. ...

Melatonin in the Pineal and Appendix

The appendix has recently been elevated from it's 'unnecessary' status, and it is discovered to produce melatonin as well as being a repository for beneficial gut probiotics. ...

Vitamins, Biofilms and Health

People with healthy, diet-adapted gut flora, can subsist on very limited diets without vitamin deficiency diseases, because all of the vitamins can be obtained from bacteria growing in films coating the lining of the ...

Intestinal Bacteria, the Vagus Nerve and Your Brain

The vagus nerve connects the brain to several parts of the digestive system. It's what tells your brain how hungry you are, based on what it senses in your belly. The vagus nerve has also been shown to carry signals ...