In May, several news portals such as the Huffington Post reported that a young South Korean woman was suffering from a fructose allergy. This is the first time that an allergy – and not an intolerance – to fructose has been proven. The story spread quickly, but is it true? We took a closer
Diesen Beitrag lesenThe microbiome – the “intestinal flora” The microbiome is booming. The wondrous world of bacteria in the human intestine is currently not only occupying experts (in specialist publications, the number of literature citations on the subject doubles every two years1)), but is also found in the public media and on social networks. We have only
Diesen Beitrag lesenWhen I started building the nmi portal over 10 years ago, the term “Dr. Google” on. Asking Dr. Google meant googling a few of his symptoms and then coming across all sorts of websites that list diseases that go with them. And the deeper you delved into this web search, the more serious the illness
Diesen Beitrag lesenA few days ago, an nmi portal user sent me the link to Fructaid. A new product for fructose intolerance, manufactured by “Pro Natura Gesellschaft für gesunde Ernährung mbH” in Germany. Cool thing, especially because “Fructosin” (as Xylosolv was called back then) had to be taken off the market in Germany due to patent disputes.
Diesen Beitrag lesenThe problems of IGg4 tests I have also done two new IgG4 tests. As mentioned in blog part 3, I ate a lot of herring before my first IgG4 test. Since I haven’t eaten herring for over 20 years, this should significantly increase my IgG value “herring”, after all, it should be pretty close to
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