by Neil Bossenger | Jun 5, 2013 | Research, Spinewave Bulletin
UCLA researchers now have the first evidence that bacteria ingested in food can affect brain function in humans. In an early proof-of-concept study of healthy women, they found that women who regularly consumed beneficial bacteria known as probiotics through yogurt...
by Neil Bossenger | May 30, 2013 | Research, Spinewave Bulletin
What is leaky gut? Leaky gut, or intestinal permeability, is a condition in which the lining of the small intestine becomes inflamed, damaged, and porous, allowing undigested foods, bacteria, fungus, and other foreign invaders into the sterile environment of the...
by Neil Bossenger | Feb 25, 2013 | Research, Spinewave Bulletin
The gut has a nervous system of its own called the “enteric nervous system”. It has about as many neurons as the spinal cord and is metaphorically called “the brain of the gut”. The gut has developed powerful mechanisms to defend the body...
by Neil Bossenger | Sep 14, 2011 | Case of the month, Cases, Spinewave Bulletin, Symptoms
I am now well toilet trained – Karen. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) has in many instances become a hand-wave diagnosis due to its complex nature and myriad causes. IBS can have elements of constipation and diarrhoea, or alternation between the two. When I first...