by John Brisson | Jan 9, 2015 | Digestive Health, Opportunistic Microorganisms, Parasites
Entamoeba histolytica is an opportunistic protozoan. Infection of the parasite occurs from ingestion of contaminated food and water. The parasite usually remains in the colon and cecum but can cause invasive infections in immunocompromised individuals. Histolytica can...
by John Brisson | Jan 2, 2015 | Digestive Health, Opportunistic Microorganisms, Parasites
There are some parasites that spread in more ways then ingestion of contaminated food and water. If you swim on a regular basis, you might have contracted Cryptosporidium, even if you swim in chlorinated pools. Cryptosporidium is a genus of apicomplexan protozoans...
by John Brisson | Dec 15, 2014 | Digestive Health, Opportunistic Microorganisms, Parasites
Blastocystis is a genus of single-celled protozoan, which its colonization in most cases is asymptomatic. The intestinal colonization of hominis is somewhat common because of the low host specificity of the protozoan.1 Colonization rates differ between developed...
by John Brisson | Nov 18, 2013 | Mitochondrial Health
In the last mitochondrial post, we concluded that L-carnitine is one of the most important supplements when it comes to increasing mitochondrial energy. There are other supplements that can be used accomplish this. Other supplements that are known to help increase...
by John Brisson | Oct 21, 2013 | Mitochondrial Health
We all wish we could have more energy right? Americans are working more all the time and sleeping less every day. This excess stress creates havoc in both our minds and inside our exhausted bodies as well. Americans spend increasing amounts of money each year to...
