Individuals with joint hypermobility often present with complex symptom presentations, including: MCAD (mast cell activation disorders), POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome), PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder), autoimmune diseases and dysautonomia,…
Histamine is a powerful molecule. When it is activated, it has numerous physiological effects through its various histamine receptors. Understanding the various roles that histamine occupies, confers new insights into the implications…
Estrogen dominance is a term that has been used to describe the overload of estrogen. Estrogen overload can be problematic for a number of reasons. For women, excess estrogen activity…
In 2013 I reported on the potential significance of CBS gene mutations, including the controversy of these mutations, particularly as they relate to the body’s innate detoxification processes. In that…
The amino acid L-glycine is among the simplest amino acids, and is the most used amino acid, biochemically speaking. Deficiencies of glycine may have numerous implications on: digestion, brain and…
Insulin resistance is the hallmark sign of the development of type 2 diabetes. There are many associations and causations that lead to its development. When cells fail to take up…
High histamine has now become a centrally important topic in the health world. Previously I’ve reported that not only is histamine an inflammatory immune response mediator, its also a neurotransmitter that may…
PEMT (phosphatidylethanolamine methyltransferase) is a gene that is important for the formation of the nutrient phosphatidylcholine (PC). Phosphatidylcholine is the most abundant phospholipid. Phospholipids have a number of very important functions.…
Folate, folic acid, Folinic acid and 5-methyl folate are not the same. Knowing the difference between the different types of folates could have…
Glutamate is an excitatory neurotransmitter. Glutamate is an important neurotransmitter for learning, cognitive function and memory. However…