H. Pylori, Citric Acid, Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Hypothyroid, Ancestral Dental Hygiene

Oct. 6, 2020

[00:01:39] Microbial overgrowth in the GI tract; H. Pylori.

[00:09:20] How does h.Pylori get transmitted?

Resources:

• Helicobacter pylori, transmission routes and recurrence of infection: state of the art
• Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection and related gastroduodenal lesions in spouses of Helicobacter pylori positive patients with duodenal ulcer
• Acquisition of Helicobacter pylori infection in early childhood: independent contributions of infected mothers, fathers, and siblings

[00:13:55] Concerns with citric acid; from forum post.

Resources:

• Robb Wolf article: What Is Citric Acid? Benefits and How It’s Made
• Citric acid
• Plasma metabolomics reveals a diagnostic metabolic fingerprint for mitochondrial aconitase (ACO2) deficiency
• Potential role of the common food additive manufactured citric acid in eliciting significant inflammatory reactions contributing to serious disease states: A series of four case reports

[00:18:15] Squamous cell carcinoma; dietary treatments.

Resources:

• Diet and Skin Cancer: The Potential Role of Dietary Antioxidants in Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Prevention
• Next-Gen therapeutics for Skin Cancer: Nutraceuticals
• Phytochemicals for the Prevention of Photocarcinogenesis†
• The Protective Role of Astaxanthin for UV-Induced Skin Deterioration in Healthy People—A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial
• Astaxanthin in Skin Health, Repair, and Disease: A Comprehensive Review
• Do We Utilize Our Knowledge of the Skin Protective Effects of Carotenoids Enough?

[00:21:59] Muscle stiffness and cold extremities.

Resources:

• Hypothyroid Myopathy
• Association between Hypothyroidism and Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth

[00:24:32] Ancestral dental hygiene.

Resources:

• The Weston A. Price Foundation
• Earliest evidence for caries and exploitation of starchy plant foods in Pleistocene hunter-gatherers from Morocco
• Oral health in transition: The Hadza foragers of Tanzania
• Sequencing ancient calcified dental plaque shows changes in oral microbiota with dietary shifts of the Neolithic and Industrial revolutions

[00:30:11] Controlling variables in randomized controlled trials.

[00:33:49] H. Pylori - important to eradicate?