Chris Woollams Health Watch

It is far easier than you think to have a gut infection – microbes, pathogens, worms, yeasts, parasites – call them what you will. Here are 15 natural compounds used by indigenous populations to keep themselves with a healthy gut. Infection in the gut is just the start – if not treated it can lead […]

Randomised clinical trials, The National Institutes of Health and Johns Hopkins all support the benefits of acupuncture; they do not come only from the positioning of the needles; effects on the brain, on expectation and belief clearly make an, as yet unexplained, difference. Acupuncture for pain relief In an updated meta-analysis of Randomised Controlled Clinical […]

Blastocystis is a microscopic protozoan parasite. It is found in humans across the world. Symptoms may include abdominal pain, constipation or diarrhoea, skin rashes, allergies and fatigue. It has also been mis-categorised as a yeast or fungus. Many different protozoans are found in the intestines of humans; however, they may or may not cause disease. […]

Antibiotics given to infants negatively affect the gut microbiome reducing volume and diversity of the gut bacteria and increasing risk of asthma and allergies later in life, according to a study (1) published in JAMA in January 2020. Early Antibiotics effects prove long-lasting The administration of early antibiotics was shown to be linked to food allergies, […]

Serum vitamin D level is linked to the severity of Covid-19, according to a new study, and less than 1 in 8 people in Britain and the USA have anything like recommended levels in their blood system. Vitamin D levels In a study (1) on 212 adults at the outset of Covid in South East […]

President Donald Trump may be upsetting all those who call for clinical trials and vaccines but there seems a very good case for using Hydoxychloroquine on Coronavirus infection; for some reason all the research studies have been set up badly so far. What is going on with testing Hydroxychloroquine? Several studies have reported that HCQ […]

Sugar weakens the immune system, increases inflammation in the body by causing spikes in insulin and can damage telomeres as much as smoking; It is also a driver of Metabolic Syndrome. Sugar consumption can crash the immune system As long ago as 1973, a study from Loma Linda University, California showed that consuming the same […]

A modest amount of red wine per week increases levels of polyphenols and particular gut bacteria strains that make anti-inflammatory molecules and can enhance the immune system. From a Spanish study (1) appearing in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, (May 2012), it would seem that 9 ounces of Merlot (about 2 glasses) helps your […]

People with ‘Metabolic Syndrome’ have at least three of the following 5 conditions: high blood pressure, high blood sugar, high triglycerides, low ‘good’ HDL cholesterol and higher abdominal fat and/or obesity. And people with ‘metabolic syndrome’ have a high risk of type-2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and stroke, Alzheimer’s, kidney disease and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. […]

Phase 3 trials conducted by the University of Chicago Medicine for Remdesivir, Gilead’s Coronavirus treatment, have been pronounced a success after the majority of patients with severe disease recovered within a week. Remdesivir was developed in 2014 by Gilead Sciences as a treatment for Ebola and Marburg viruses, but it was soon apparent that it […]