A new study with animals has found that an inflammatory chemical in the bloodstream called TNF-alpha can cross the blood brain barrier, activating glial cells in the brain which attract damaging immune cells. This active immune response in the brain, results in us feeling foggy & fatigued.
One of the things that massively increases circulating levels of TNF-alpha is a component of the cell walls in pathogenic bacteria from our gut, called Lipopolysaccharide. LPS was found to increase TNF- alpha from 3ng/m to 97ng/m in a cell culture. This is why it’s so important to clean up our gut, especially if SIBO or Candida overgrowth are present.
Several natural substances have been found in studies to inhibit TNF-alpha, including the herb Cats Claw which reduced it by 65 – 85% as reported in the year 2000, in the journal ‘Free Radic Biol Med’ 29(1):71-8 (2000). Also useful are the powerful antioxidants Resveratrol and Quercetin, as reported in 2010, in the ‘Am J Clin Nutr’ 92:1511-21 (2010). These gifts from nature are a valuable part of our natural medicine tool kit. If you are tired and foggy, or your gut is not functioning as well as you'd like, call Sunshine Coast Nutritionist Karen Emans on 0408 748 532 for an appointment & start on the road to better health today.
One of the things that massively increases circulating levels of TNF-alpha is a component of the cell walls in pathogenic bacteria from our gut, called Lipopolysaccharide. LPS was found to increase TNF- alpha from 3ng/m to 97ng/m in a cell culture. This is why it’s so important to clean up our gut, especially if SIBO or Candida overgrowth are present.
Several natural substances have been found in studies to inhibit TNF-alpha, including the herb Cats Claw which reduced it by 65 – 85% as reported in the year 2000, in the journal ‘Free Radic Biol Med’ 29(1):71-8 (2000). Also useful are the powerful antioxidants Resveratrol and Quercetin, as reported in 2010, in the ‘Am J Clin Nutr’ 92:1511-21 (2010). These gifts from nature are a valuable part of our natural medicine tool kit. If you are tired and foggy, or your gut is not functioning as well as you'd like, call Sunshine Coast Nutritionist Karen Emans on 0408 748 532 for an appointment & start on the road to better health today.