gut health

Gut health, human connection and trauma

The condition of your gut could be a clue that within you resides unresolved trauma or prolonged states of emotional distress, such as shame or fear. One must be open to the possibility that our bodies hold the answers to questions that we don’t always know how to ask. According to a survey by the Dubai Health Authority’s Preventive Services Center, almost one in four UAE residents suffer from digestive ailments, while irritable bowel syndrome

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T cells Abu Dhabi

Our T-cells may be key to beating Covid-19

Concerns over new Covid-19 variants becoming resistant to antibodies are spurring interest in finding out more about the body’s own immune responses — both to vaccines and to natural infection — as future protection against the virus.  Scientists working in Abu Dhabi are hoping T-cells, which are a group of white blood cells that target and destroy cells as they become infected with viruses, can provide immunity against Covid-19. They believe T-cells could be more

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Immunity

How much of our immunity is in our mind?

The mind is a powerful tool in boosting immunity and our capacity to heal but research shows that negative emotions can harm our immune response and unprocessed trauma seeps into our DNA to be passed down the generations.

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immunity

Understanding immunity and thinking yourself well

Our fear of fever is misplaced. We think of fever as a symptom of illness when it is a symptom of healing. In fact, exposure to fever makes our immune system more robust. Our bodies are full of electrically-charged cells all vibrating and talking to each other, so can our thoughts affect our immunity?

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