The body keeps secrets in its blood. On a Tuesday morning in late 2024, 491 men and women stepped onto treadmills and cycle ergometers across several research institutions. None of them knew they were about to reveal something profound about the mechanics of human fitness. They simply pushed themselves toward…
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Endocannabinoid System (ECS)
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Soybean oil, linoleic acid, and the gut ECS
A recent study titled ‘Diet high in linoleic acid dysregulates the intestinal endocannabinoid system and increases susceptibility to colitis in Mice‘ shows that eating a lot of linoleic acid from soybean oil changes lipid chemistry in the gut in a way that weakens the protective endocannabinoid system and strengthens inflammatory…
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How Scientific Tunnel Vision in Inflammation Research Ignores the Endocannabinoid System (ECS)
When scientific tunnel vision becomes institutional blindness Lessons from history’s scientific blind spots Science has a troubling habit of missing the forest for the trees. For decades, gastroenterologists dismissed the idea that bacteria could cause stomach ulcers—until Barry Marshall proved Helicobacter pylori was the culprit by infecting himself. Geologists ridiculed…