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• Leaky gut syndrome - a problem when things go wrong
  ...be completely broken down into amino acids (from protein) essential fatty acids and glycerol (from fats) and single sugars or monosaccharides (from carbohy To diagnose leaky gut, we look at levels of '''[[Short chain polypeptides]]'''. This test now replaces a PEG test.
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• Digestive enzymes are necessary to digest food
  ...hemistry by mimicking biologically active proteins. So, for example, short chain polypeptides may mimic hormones which control blood pressure such as vasopr ...ypsin (to digest protein) and long chain fatty acids and short chain fatty acids. As an extra you can ask for pancreatic elastase and bile salts - please se
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• Sandbox Master numbered list with definitions
  ...ntation by probiotics - these ferment carbohydrates into short chain fatty acids which are the desirable fuel for mitochondria. Eating sugar provides immedi
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• Diverticulitis - a cause of lower abdominal pain
  ...ria bacteroides - bacteroides ferment vegetable fibre to short chain fatty acids which nourish the lining of the gut directly. Do not eat sugar and refined
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• Biochemistry - interpretation
  ...rance test. However, a good test of hypoglcaemia is '''[[Short chain fatty acids]]'''. *'''[[Short chain fatty acids]]'''
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• Lipids, fats and essential fatty acids
  ...membranes is identical throughout the animal kingdom. They are made up of fatty molecules which have a water loving end and a fat loving end - these combin ...namely, omega 6 and omega 3 essential fatty acids. Omega 6 essential fatty acids come from evening primrose oil, borage oil, star flower, blackcurrant and o
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• Malabsorption - failure to get the goodness from food
  ...ausing profound fluctuation in blood pressure. See the test for '''[[Short chain polypeptides]]''' and also '''[[Leaky gut syndrome - a problem when things ...l content of the gut. It also looks at faecal occult blood and short chain fatty acid profile. As an extra you can ask for faecal calprotectin (which is a g
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• Fermenting gut - the Full Monty
  ...ble fibre with friendly anaerobic bacteroides, producing short chain fatty acids. The principles of treatment of upper fermenting gut are to starve the litt The business of digesting food is demanding of energy. This is in short supply in my severe ME patients so there is an obvious vicious cycle that c
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• Hypoglycaemia - the full story
  ...because they have a good energy supply to their muscles and brain - albeit short-term. The problem arises when blood-sugar levels dive as a result of insuli ...The brain goes into panic mode at the prospect of the fuel supply running short and produces adrenaline which results in all the symptoms of hypoglycaemia.
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• Brain fog - poor memory, difficulty thinking clearly etc
  ...s in our everyday life, with the effect of alcohol being the best example. Short-term exposure gives us a deliciously foggy brain - we stop caring, we stop * Poor short term memory
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• Probiotics - we should all be taking these all the time and double the dose following antibiotics and gastroenteritis
  ...a. If we eat these probiotics which have been artificially cultured, for a short while the levels of these probiotics in the gut do increase. However, as so ..., probiotics convert sugars and starches in the gut into short chain fatty acids, which are the preferred fuel for mitochondria. Therefore, anyone with a te
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• GI Effects Comprehensive Profile - stool
  *Metabolic indicators, including short-chain fatty acids and beta-glucuronidase, demonstrate specific and vital metabolic functions **6 Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) targets detect common protozoan parasites including Blastocy
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• Cancer - the principles of prevention and treatment
  ...cells can work very well on long chain, medium chain and short chain fatty acids from vegetable fibre. Sugar and starches are non-essential foods for normal ...grams and ideally twenty or more grams a day. Because vitamin C has such a short half life in the blood, it needs to be given in lots of small doses through
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• Bio-rhythms or circadian rhythms
  ...ay take some weeks or months for the body to adjust, but this is vital for short and long term health. ...are fermented in the lower gut by Bacteroides to supply short chain fatty acids. These are an excellent energy source and this is what prevents us from dev
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• Fermentation in the gut and CFS
  ...mall intestine does more digesting and also absorbs the amino acids, fatty acids, glycerol and simple sugars that result. Please see '''[[:media:Stomach, du ...or example, bacteroides ferment soluble fibre to produce short chain fatty acids - over 500kcals of energy a day can be generated in this way. This also cre
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• Chronic infection – Life is an arms race – how to tackle with natural remedies
  ...erment vegetable fibre to short chain fatty acids. These short chain fatty acids nourish the lining of the bowel and, to a lesser extent, our bodies. ...to survive the winter. We survived the winter on fat from fat reserves and fatty meat and fish. The important point about fat is that microbes cannot utilis
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• The Paleo Ketogenic Diet - PK Bread
  ...s. This fibre is fermented in the large bowel to produce short chain fatty acids. These nourish the lining of the large bowel directly and this is highly pr
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• Ketogenic diet - a connection between mitochondria and diet
  ...ance to see a heart working in real time, you might have noticed the thick fatty tissue that surrounds it. In fact, heart surgeons get to see this every day '''''In short, let fat be thy medicine and medicine be thy fat!'''''
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• The Paleo Ketogenic Diet - meals which require no cooking or preparation
  ...t fibre does not spike blood sugar but is fermented into short chain fatty acids. Linseed is a good example – it is low carb because although 100grams con
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• Lyme Disease and other Co-infections
  ...ease and other such co-infections exist as real clinical entities. In the short term they present with all the symptoms of an acute ‘flu like illness. In *Multivitamins, minerals, essential fatty acids – see '''[[Nutritional Supplements - what everybody should be taking all
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