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GLOBAL GENETIC MARKETPLACE. "Our bodies are a global marketplace where bacteria trade genes. For example, the gut bacteria of Japanese people have a gene that helps them to digest seaweed. They borrowed it from an oceanic species that hitched its way into Japanese bowels, aboard uncooked pieces of sushi." https://lnkd.in/etuiYJg View in LinkedIn

CHRONIC INFLAMMATION. "Patterns of local immune activation due to temporary loss of barrier function, pathogen invasion, or release of endogenous mediators, followed by tissue destruction and functional impairment characterize many chronic human disease conditions. The cellular and molecular profiles of immune activation in chronic inflammatory disorders overlap considerably with those patterns observed in effective, self-limited host responses to microbial pathogens and involve similar initiating mechanisms." http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867406001917 View in LinkedIn

GENE UPTAKE FROM FOOD. "Dogmas concerning absence of hazards have often been proven wrong (e.g. the Titanic). A relevant example is the belief that DNA in food and forage cannot be taken up from the gastrointestinal tract. This belief was supported by some experimental studies, and the whole evolutionary history as well as our daily intake of vast amounts of DNA from various sources goes to prove it." Or, you are what you eat? https://lnkd.in/eJ8cwgX View in LinkedIn

THE IMMENSE CHALLENGE. "The total number of microbes (∼10(14)) normally inhabiting our mucosal surfaces exceeds by an order of magnitude the quantity of cells (∼10(23)) in our bodies. Scattered amidst these commensal microflora are potential pathogens—viruses, bacteria, or parasites, intrinsically capable of producing symptomatic infectious disease." http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867406001917 View in LinkedIn

UNKNOWN. "Prior to this year, governments concluded that transfer of DNA from GM crops/foods is unlikely to occur. Now we can see that they are wrong, or perhaps they had knowledge of this already? Regardless of the fact that DNA from GM foods can be transferred to humans and animals, very little is still known today and what is known does not look good." https://lnkd.in/ez2_YTV View in LinkedIn

TOXIC REACTIVE OXYGEN. "Extracellular ATP and the P2X7R are also important in inflammasome activation as triggers of ROS generation. Many agents reported to drive NLRP3 activation via ROS generation are also potent triggers of ATP release (Aβ, hyperglycemia, skin irritants, infections, ultraviolet light)." (ROS = toxic reactive oxygen species from mitochondria). https://lnkd.in/eNNPn5D View in LinkedIn

REFUTED RESULTS of food to blood study published in 2015. https://lnkd.in/eZfneK2 View in LinkedIn

FIRESTORM after the food genes to blood article from the pro-GMO sector. No surprises. https://lnkd.in/ePyzwUG View in LinkedIn

HOT TOPIC. Whenever a firestorm of dissent breaks out about a scientific topic, one wise thing to do is to consider whose powerful toes are being stepped upon, particularly industrial toes. Sponsored disinformation attacks are a sadly common modern event. There is a long history of this going back to fluoride, tobacco, nutrition, and in recent years, GMOs. No longer a scientific debate, but an avalanche of the attack dogs. View in LinkedIn

GENES FROM FOOD. "Following ingestion by mice, DNA from the M13 bacteriophage could be detected as relatively long fragments in fæces, peripheral leukocytes, spleen and liver cells in significant time intervals after feeding. In the cells, the ingested M13 DNA was found in a chromosome-integrated form." https://lnkd.in/eJ8cwgX View in LinkedIn