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Is it true for helminths only or other parasites such as protozoa have the same effects?

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In the exchanges for inosine I see 1 to 2 mg/day and 1 to 2 g/day. Which one is the correct dose?

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Interesting paper about light/dark cycle and melatonin and breast cancer. It would be interesting to do a similar epidemiological study for MS. Do people with long daily light exposure (working night ...

Wow! this is a lot of information.

I like the idea that perhaps there is some kind of ratio between light/dark cycles and the stimulation of the pineal gland. I know for a fact that in animal bree ...

Hi Jimmylegs,

[One possible explanation is that reduced exposure to sunlight in higher latitudes results in chronic oversecretion of melatonin by the pineal gland.]

My understanding was the op ...

Hi Jimmylegs,

Very interesting! Do you recall the work coming out of Stanford where they found that tryptophan giving to mice in the EAE model not only stopped the progression of the disease, but a ...

Hi Jimmylegs,

Thank you for the clarification; it makes sense.

Hi Jimmylegs,

I am curious about your statement of back problem and D3. I would appreciate it if you could expand on it. Thank you

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Hi all,

I thought I would share with the group a yoga site I was made aware of. It is called yogatoday.com. It is free, and it presents a new yoga practice every day. I have it set so that the new ...

Another unknown aspect of statin treatment for MS is the dose. I believe the dose used in current trials is 80 mg. This is a very high dose, with potential side effects. It would be interesting to kno ...

Yes Lisa you are right that most rodents and many other animal species are nocturnals and get little if at all sun exposure. Moreover, they are covered with fur so the skin except for the nose, tail, ...

Hi Jimmylegs,

I am impressed; there is a lot of interesting information in your posts. So it appears that we (living at latitude >35N) don't get much vitamin D during the winter months from the ...

Please do not spend time searching the posts, I can do that. You have been kind enough to answer most of my questions and to direct me towards more answers. I will look into previous posts for further ...

Thank you Jimmylegs for your informative response. I have another question if you don't mind. Do you know how vitamin D helps the immune system? I assume that the action is more by immuno-modulation t ...

I have read that a 10 to 15 minutes 3 times a week exposure to the sunlight is sufficient in providing high level of vitamin D. However, there is no mention of amount of skin exposure (head only, head ...