Cibus Medicina Est – 'Let Food Be Thy Medicine'
Articles on Nutrition and Biomedical Science, by William Nunn
Category: Uncategorized
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What is endotoxin? It is probably quite likely that the reader has never heard of endotoxin before. Endotoxin, specifically lipopolysaccharide (LPS), the most potent form, is a toxic component found in the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria. When these “bad” bacteria die, or are destroyed in our guts by white blood cells, these endotoxins break…
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This article has since been published in both The War Kitchen Magazine (Issue 38) and the University of Sheffield Biology (APS) Magazine. “If a newly discovered substance had aspirin’s anti-infective, anti-cancer, anti-stress, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory actions, it would be the most researched substance in history.” – Ray Peat, 2013 Aspirin is often viewed through a…