Alexander Jimenez

Dietary Approaches to Reduce TMAO

The association between heart failure, cardiovascular disease, and fibrosis with a metabolic marker TMAO is key to preventing and reversing… Read More

March 23, 2021

How Gut Influences CVD: TMAO

All disease starts in the gut, but how? Intestinal permeability is a great contributor to metabolic and chronic conditions, as… Read More

March 22, 2021

The Science Behind Melatonin

It was first isolated from the Bovine Pineal gland in 1958. Nevertheless, in humans, it is the main hormone secreted… Read More

March 16, 2021

Western diet: Immune activation, Metainflammation and Chronic Diseases

The overweight and obesity epidemic has taken over the world, promoting the prevalence of chronic diseases. The common denominator of… Read More

March 11, 2021

Healthy Metals vs Toxic Metals

Metals in the body are essential for proper cellular function. That being said, in order to ensure the metals you… Read More

March 10, 2021

Nutritional Modulation of NLRP3 Inflammasome (part 2)

The nucleotide-binding domain and leucine-rich repeat related (NLR) family, pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3) is a multimeric protein that recognizes… Read More

March 10, 2021

Nutritional Modulation of NLRP3 Inflammasome

Inflammation is a necessary response, and it can initiate host defense response and repair damaged tissue. However, an uncontrolled inflammatory… Read More

March 9, 2021

How to Boost Tight Junction Integrity Through Nutrition?

Tight Junctions (TJ) comprise different proteins that bind to the actin cytoskeleton to provide barrier integrity to our gut lining.… Read More

March 8, 2021

Tight Junctions: Defective Intestinal Barrier and Pathological Conditions

Our main interaction with food, pathogens, and inflammatory signals is made through our intestinal barrier. Indeed, our gut epithelium is… Read More

March 5, 2021

The New Way Of Medicine

  2020 changed the way many medical professionals see and assess their patients. Similar to other offices, we adapted to… Read More

March 5, 2021

A Balanced Omega-6/Omega-3 Ratio: Cytokine Storm Prevention

At the current moment, we are still struggling with the COVID-19 pandemic. Even today, we are bombarded with medical information… Read More

March 4, 2021

How Food-Induced PAMPs Influences Immune Responses in Cardiovascular Disease

The obesity pandemic has affected our population on a large scale. Indeed, this multifactorial condition is heavily influenced by numerous… Read More

March 3, 2021

How Barrier Tissues Protect Us Against Pathogens

Innate and adaptive immunity responses often take the spotlight regarding the defense and protection against pathogens. Nevertheless, barrier tissues have… Read More

March 1, 2021

Ketosis and Microbiota: Healthy Symbiosis

  The link between microbiota and different factors such as exercise, genetics, disease, body composition, and nutritional intake is undeniable.… Read More

February 24, 2021

Exercise + Healthy Microbiome = Lower Cardiometabolic Risk

A healthy microbiota is considered to have rich biodiversity and functions symbiotically with its host to promote wellness. However, dysbiosis… Read More

February 22, 2021

The History Behind Omega-3 vs. Statins

Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) are considered essential because our body cannot synthesize them. The two most common long-chain omega-3… Read More

February 17, 2021

Mercury Toxicity

Mercury is a metal that used to be used in common fixes. However, over the years we are seeing that… Read More

February 15, 2021

Polyphenolic Modulation of Gut Microbiome and Cardiometabolic Disease

Insulin resistance is a problem that is strongly associated with obesity due to excess body fat and diabetes. However, growing… Read More

February 12, 2021

Sulforaphane’s Protection against CVD

Oxidative stress is a critical factor in cardiometabolic conditions. As previously demonstrated by the PREDIMED study, high-risk CVD patients have… Read More

February 11, 2021