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Gut & liver
- Irritable Bowel SyndromeIrritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a long-running condition in which the belly hurts again and again and bowel habits change along with it: the pain…Organ conditions · Gut & liver5 stations
- ConstipationConstipation is more than a few days without a bowel movement.Organ conditions · Gut & liver6 stations
- GERDHeartburn and acid regurgitation are stomach acid washing back up into the esophagus.Organ conditions · Gut & liver4 stations
- Functional dyspepsiaA normal endoscopy, yet you fill up after a few bites or your upper belly hurts: usually the stomach is working wrongly, not imagined trouble. About 1…Organ conditions · Gut & liver6 stations
- Gas and bloatingFeeling bloated and a belly that actually swells are two different things; people who always feel bloated often have no more gas than others, they…Organ conditions · Gut & liver6 stations
- Acute diarrheaDiarrhea is the gut releasing more water than it takes back; most clears up on its own, and the danger is the water and salt lost with it, especially…Organ conditions · Gut & liver5 stations
- HemorrhoidsEveryone has anal cushions that help seal the anus; when their supports loosen, they swell and slide down, and become hemorrhoids. The typical sign is…Organ conditions · Gut & liver5 stations
- Gut microbiome · your second genomeSome of what you swallow is not yours to digest.Organ conditions · Gut & liver5 stations
- The Gut-Brain AxisNeeding the toilet when you are nervous, and feeling low when your stomach is upset: behind these everyday experiences is a real two-way communication…Organ conditions · Gut & liver6 stations
- H. pylori · a cause of cancer you can clearStomach acid kills almost every bacterium swallowed with food.Organ conditions · Gut & liver6 stations
- Foodborne Illness · what actually hurts people in the kitchenThe same meal can floor you by two opposite mechanisms: sometimes live bacteria get into the gut and keep multiplying; sometimes the bacteria died…Organ conditions · Gut & liver6 stations
- Hepatitis B · 75 million quiet housematesDrugs can hold hepatitis B down, but they almost never clear it.Organ conditions · Gut & liver6 stations
- Celiac diseaseCeliac disease is not being sensitive to bread.Organ conditions · Gut & liver4 stations
- Inflammatory bowel diseaseInflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is not a food allergy.Organ conditions · Gut & liver4 stations
Skin, hair & mouth
- Mouth ulcersRecurring mouth ulcers are a local immune reaction in the lining of the mouth and are not contagious. Most are under 1 cm and heal in 7 to 10 days…Organ conditions · Skin, hair & mouth6 stations
- Acne · 4 mechanisms + the real diet storyAcne is not a dirty face.Organ conditions · Skin, hair & mouth5 stations
- Hair LossTo understand hair loss, first know that every hair goes through a growth cycle; it is not planted once and left there.Organ conditions · Skin, hair & mouth5 stations
- Gray HairHair color is made on the spot by melanocytes in the follicle during the growth phase, and it is settled once the strand leaves the scalp. A white…Organ conditions · Skin, hair & mouth7 stations
- Inflammatory skin disease · eczema as the thread, psoriasis alongsideAtopic dermatitis is the most common kind of eczema.Organ conditions · Skin, hair & mouth6 stations
- PeriodontiumPeriodontitis is not just a matter of teeth that were not brushed clean enough.Organ conditions · Skin, hair & mouth5 stations
Immunity & airways
- Immune Aging & InflammagingAn aging immune system is not weaker across the board; it is out of balance.Organ conditions · Immunity & airways5 stations
- Cold, Flu & AllergyA blocked, runny nose can come from three completely different mechanisms: rhinoviruses slowly copying themselves in the lining of the nose; influenza…Organ conditions · Immunity & airways6 stations
- Nutrition & Cancer RiskA single food on its own rarely decides whether you get cancer.Organ conditions · Immunity & airways6 stations
- Chronic coughCough is a protective reflex that can be turned up. In adults it is chronic only after 8 weeks; then the question is what turned the reflex up.Organ conditions · Immunity & airways7 stations
- Chronic low-grade inflammationChronic low-grade inflammation is a small fire in the body that never quite goes out.Organ conditions · Immunity & airways5 stations
- UTI and cranberryMost urinary tract infections (UTIs) begin when E.Organ conditions · Immunity & airways4 stations
Nerves & senses
- Eyes · Myopia · ScreensThink of the eye as a camera.Organ conditions · Nerves & senses5 stations
- Cognitive Aging & Cognitive ReserveGrowing old is not the same as developing dementia.Organ conditions · Nerves & senses6 stations
- Tension-Type HeadacheMuch of what people simply call a headache is this one.Organ conditions · Nerves & senses5 stations
- MigraineMigraine is an attack that starts in the brain: endings of the trigeminal nerve, which supplies the meninges (the membranes wrapped around the brain),…Organ conditions · Nerves & senses5 stations
- Tinnitus · mostly not the ear ringingTinnitus sounds like the ear ringing, but the sound is mostly not produced by the ear.Organ conditions · Nerves & senses3 stations
Bone, muscle & pelvis
- Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia · BPHThe prostate is a ring of gland tissue wrapped around the outlet of the bladder.Organ conditions · Bone, muscle & pelvis6 stations
- EndometriosisEndometriosis is tissue similar to the lining of the uterus growing outside the uterus, most often on the ovaries, on the lining of the pelvis (the…Organ conditions · Bone, muscle & pelvis6 stations
- Sarcopenia · The Quiet Loss of MuscleSarcopenia is the loss of three things at once: the amount of skeletal muscle, the force it can produce, and the everyday movements it can carry out.Organ conditions · Bone, muscle & pelvis5 stations
- OsteoporosisThe easiest thing to miss about osteoporosis is that, day to day, it causes almost no sensation.Organ conditions · Bone, muscle & pelvis5 stations
Exposures
- Microplastics + NanoplasticsYou eat it and breathe it every day: bottled water, takeout boxes, tea bags, and indoor dust all contain microplastics.Organ conditions · Exposures6 stations
- Environmental Exposures · PFAS, Air & PlasticsMost harmful substances in the environment do not knock you down in one dose.Organ conditions · Exposures5 stations
- Drug–Nutrient Interactions · Does long-term medication need a top-up?Some medicines taken every day quietly change how the body absorbs or holds on to one particular nutrient while they treat the illness.Organ conditions · Exposures5 stations
- SmokingEach puff delivers three kinds of things at once: oxidants drain antioxidant reserves, carbon monoxide takes over oxygen's places in the blood, and…Organ conditions · Exposures7 stations