by | Mar 31, 2015 | Digestive System, Environment, Immune, Neurotransmitters, Nutritional Deficiencies, Seizures
It is relatively new knowledge of the potential harmful effects that gluten can create on the digestive system and its affect on the blood brain barrier. It is also relatively recent discovery that non-celiac gluten sensitivity may affect up to two-thirds with...
by | Mar 30, 2015 | Detoxification, Immune, Mitochondria, Neurotransmitters, Nutritional Deficiencies, Seizures
There’s been much discussion as of the recent discovery of zonulin a molecule that’s responsibility lies in guarding the tight junctions of the intestinal lining. Zonulin is a “gate keeper” that open the tight junctions to allow medications and...
by | Mar 25, 2015 | Seizures
A recent medical journal entitled “The roles of vitamin B12 and vitamin D in children with intractable epilepsy” concluded that chronic use of anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) are linked with Vitamin D and B12 deficiencies. Research dates as far back as 1979...
by | Mar 17, 2015 | Nutritional Deficiencies, Seizures
Above is the title in a review published by the Children’s Gastroenterelogy Clinic in New Zealand 2009. The study reviews the effects of gluten on an individual and how it may manifest as neurological diseases. Dr. Tom O’Bryan also referred to as the...
by | Mar 4, 2015 | Digestive System, Seizures
This is very important research toward the link of the gut microbiome environment influences the integrity of the blood brain barrier. The blood brain barrier determines the stability of the central nervous system. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/25411471/ This...
by | Oct 21, 2014 | Antioxidants, Seizures
As evidenced in the the peer reviewed journals, the Role of Oxidative Stress in Refractory Epilepsy: Evidence in Patients and Experimental Models, oxidative stress is present in patients diagnosed with epilepsy. Refractory epilepsy, which refers to those patients who...
