Research and Evidenced Based Publications for Health Professionals and Patients
A list of selected journal articles and similar publications for interested patients and health professionals
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​Allergies

• Infant Feeding & Allergy Prevention Guidelines from ASCIA: Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology & Allergy. 2016  See More
• Breast Feeding and Food Sensitivities  See More
• NIP Allergies in the Bub: To Help Prevent Food Allergy, Give Your Baby the Common Allergy Causing Foods Before They Turn One. ASCIA: Australian Society of Clinical Immunology & Allergy.  See More
• Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Website for Health Professionals: Allergy Down Under See More
• Demystifying Dysbiosis: Can the Gut Microbiome Promote Oral Tolerance over IgE-mediated Food Allergy? Marrs Sim et.al. Curr Pediatr Rev. 2018 May 7. See More
• Non–IgE-mediated Gastrointestinal Food Allergy: A Nowak-Wegrzn et al. Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology 2016  See More
• The "False Alarm Hypothesis": Food Allergy is Associated with High Dietary Advanced Glycation End Products and Pro-glycating Dietary Sugars that Mimic Alarmins:  P Smith et al. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2016 See More
• Flavonoids for Allergic Diseases: present evidence and future perspective:  Tanaka T. Curr Pharm Des. 2014;20(6):879-85.2014  See More
• Various Effects of Different Probiotic strains in Allergic Disorders: an update from laboratory and clinical data:  Ö Özdemir. Clin Exp Immunol. 2010 Jun; 160(3): 295–304. See More
• Flavonoids and Related Compounds as Anti-Allergic Substances:  Kawai M et al. Allergol Int. 2007 Jun;56(2):113-23.  2007 Mar See More

​Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Fibromyalgia

• Myalgic Encephalomyelitis - Adult & Paediatric International Consensus Primer for Medical Practitioners. International Consensus Panel. Editors BM Carruthers, MI van de Sande. 2012  See More
• Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Clinical Case Definition and Guidelines for Medical Practitioners.  An Overview of the Canadian Consensus Document. Bruce M. Carruthers Marjorie I. van de Sande. 2005  See More
• Fibromyalgia Diet: eating to ease symptoms. Healthline 2017   See More
• Loss of Transient Receptor  Potential Melastatin 3 Ion Channel Function in Natural Killer Cells fromCchronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis. Cabanas H et.al. Mol Med 2018  See More
•  Insights into Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Phenotypes through Comprehensive Metabolomics.  Dorottya Nagy-Szakal et.al.  Nature Scientific Reports  2018.  See More  
• The Microbiome Hypothesis: Lipkin’s collaborative, ME/CFS Research Review See More
• The High Costs of Low-Grade Inflammation: Persistent Fatigue as a Consequence of Reduced Cellular-Energy Availability and Non-adaptive Energy Expenditure. Lacourt TE et al. Front Behav Neurosci. 2018 See More
• Examining Clinical Similarities Between Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and d-Lactic Acidosis: a systematic review
  Amy Wallis et al.  Journal of Translational Medicine. 2017 See More
• Involvement of TRPM2 andTRPV1 channels on hyperalgesia,apoptosis and oxidative stress in rat fibromyalgia model: protective role
  of selenium. E Yüksel et al. www.nature.com/scientific reports 2017 See More
• The Role of Diet in the Treatment of Fibromyalgia. Future Medicine: Pain Management. K Holton 2016 See More
• A Low Fermentable Oligo-di-mono Saccharides and Polyols (FODMAP) diet reduced pain and improved daily life in Fibromyalgia patients. AP Marum et al. Scandinavian Journal of Pain. 2016  See More
• Fibromyalgia Syndrome: A Metabolic Approach Grounded In Biochemistry for the Remission of Symptoms. SM Lattanzio.Frontiers in Medicine.2017  See More
• Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms and Genotypes of Transient Receptor Potential Ion Channel and Acetylcholine Receptor Genes from isolated B lymphocytes in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome patients. Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik et al. Journal of International Medical Research 2016   See More
• Metabolic profiling indicates impaired Pyruvate Dehydrogenase function in Myalgic Encephalopathy/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Ø Fluge et al. Metabolism 2016 See More
• Reduced diversity and altered composition of the Gut Microbiome in individuals with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. L Giloteaux et al Microbiome (2016) 4:30 See More
• Diagnostic methods for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. a systematic review for a national institutes of health pathways to prevention workshop. E Haney et al. Ann Intern Med. 2015  See More
• ​Palmitoylethanolamide in Fibromyalgia: results from prospective and retrospective observational studies. D Giorno R. Pain Ther. 2015 Dec;4(2):169-78.  2015 See More
• Examination of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in transient receptor potential (TRP) ion channels in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Patients. SM Marshall-Gradisnik et al. Immunology and Immunogenetics Insights 2015:7. 1-6 See More
• TRPM3 in temperature sensing and beyond. Held K et.al. Temperature (Austin) 2015 See More
• Increased risk of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome following atopy: a population based study. Yang T et Al. Medicine. 2015 See More
• Sympathetic nervous system dysfunction in Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, , Irritable Bowel Syndrome, and Interstitial Cystitis: a review of case controlled studies. LA  Martinez-Martinez et al. . Journal of Clinical Rheumatology. 2014 See More
• Review of the safety and efficacy of Moringa Oleifera. Stohs SJ, Hartman MJ. Phytother Res. 2015  See​ More
• Effects of Vitamin D on patients with Fibromyalgia Syndrome: a randomised placebo- controlled trial. Wepner F et al Pain. 2014  See More 
• Is magnesium citrate treatment effective on pain, clinical parameters and functional status in patients with Fibromyalgia? Bagis S   Rheumatol Int.  2013 See More
• Flavones that selectively inhibit TRPM3 attenuate thermal noiception in vivo. Straub I et.al. Molecular Pharmacology 2013  See More
• Citrus fruit and fabacea secondary metabolites potently and selectively block TRPM3. Straub I et.al. Br J Pharmacol. 2013 See More
• The effect of dietary glutamate on Fibromyalgia and irritable bowel symptoms. Holton K et al. , Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2012  See More
• Oxidative stress correlates with headache symptoms in Fibromyalgia: coenzyme Q10 effect on clinical improvement. Cordero MD et al. PLos One. 2012  See More
• Gut Inflammation in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. SE Lakhan et al. Nutrition and Metabolism. 2010  See More
• High cocoa polyphenol rich chocolate may reduce the burden of the symptoms in chronic fatigue syndrome. Thozhukat Sathyapalan et.al
  Nutrition Journal 2010  See More
• High-dose Vitamin Therapy Stimulates Variant Enzymes with Decreased Coenzyme Binding Affinity (increased Km): Relevance to Genetic Disease and Polymorphisms. Bruce N Ames  et al. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2002  See More
• Effect of Physical Activity on Thiamine, Riboflavin, and Vitamin B-6 Requirements. M Manore. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2000. See More
• Relief of Fibromyalgia Symptoms following Discontinuation of Dietary Excitotoxins. J D Smith et al 2001. Annals of Pharmacotherapy See More

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Food Intolerance

• Health Benefits and Adverse Effects of a Gluten Free Diet in Non-Celiac Disease Patients. B Niland et al. Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  2018 See More
• How infection can incite sensitivity to food. E F. Verdu, et al. Alberto. Science . 2017 See More
• Treating sugar addiction like drug abuse: QUT leads world-first study. 2016 ​ See More​
• High Glycemic Index Diet as a risk factor for Depression: analyses from the women's health initiative. JE Gangwisch et al.AJCN 2015 See More
• Food Allergy and Intolerance. L Hodge, A Swain, K Faulkner-Hogg.  Aust Fam Physician Vol. 38, No. 9, September 2009 See More  
• RPAH Website for Health Professionals: Allergy Down Under See More
• Food Intolerance Pro: Food sensitivity discussions and resources with Dietitian: Joan Breakey See More
• Breast Feeding and Food Sensitivities. Australian Breast Feeding Association See More
• ​Histamine and Histamine Intolerance. L Maintz, N Novak. AJCN 2007;85:5.1185-1196 See More

Mast Cell Activation Disorder

• Mast cell activation Syndromes. Akin, Cem. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology , Volume 140 , Issue 2 , 349 - 355 2017  See More
• Often seen, rarely recognized: Mast Cell Activation Disease - a guide to diagnosis and therapeutic options. LB Afrin , GJ Molderings et al. Ann Med. 48(3):190-201.May 2016 See More
• Mast Cell Activation Syndrome: A newly recognized disorder with systemic clinical manifestations. MJ. Hamilton et al. J Allergy Clin Immunol:128(1):147-152. 2011. May 2011  See More
• Mast Cell Activation Disease: a concise practical guide for diagnostic workup and therapeutic options. GJ Molderings et al. J Hematol Oncol. 2011; 4: 10 See More 
• Twenty-first Century Mast Cell Stabilizers. Finn DF, Walsh JJ. British Journal of Pharmacology. 2013  See More
• Clinical and laboratory parameters of Mast Cell Activation as basis for the formulation of diagnositic criteria. P Valent et. al. Int Arch Allergy Immunol. 156:119-127.2011 See More 
• Mast Cells & Mast Cell Mediators as targets of dietary supplements. C Theoharis et al. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. Aug;93(2 Suppl 1):S24-34.2004  See More

Gut Health

• Coeliac Disease: symptoms, diagnosis and more: Coeliac Australia See More
• The Rome IV Criteria for  Functional Intestinal Disorders See More
• NICE: The National Institute for Health Care and Excellence: Digestive Tract Conditions See More
• Low FODMAP diet for IBS: Monash University See More
• Microba Microbiome Testing - News   See More
• Accurate test for gut parasites that may cause gut related health problems: QML Faecal Multiplex PCR: See More
• Randomised clinical trial: reducing the intake of dietary FODMAPs of breastfeeding mothers is associated with a greater improvement of the symptoms of infantile colic than for a typical diet. M Lacovou et al. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics.2018. See More
• Probiotics to Prevent Clostridium difficile Infection in Patients Receiving Antibiotics. J Z. Goldenberg et al. JAMA. 2018 See More
• Intestinal Microbiota and Weight-Gain in Preterm Neonates. Silvia Arboleya et al. Front Microbiol. 2017; 8 See More
• Linking dietary patterns with gut microbial composition and function. Amy M. Sheflin et al.  Gut Microbes See More
• Sensitivity to Wheat, Gluten and FODMAPs in IBS: facts or fiction? Roberto De Giorgio et.al. Gut 2016 (65): 169-178 See More
• A recent revival of the Specific Carbohydrate Diet: Clinical and Fecal Microbial Changes With Diet Therapy in Active Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Suskind D et al.  Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology: 2016   See More
• Therapeutic Manuka Honey: no longer so alternative. Carter DA et al. Front Microbiol. Apr 20;7:569. 2016  See More
• Histamine Receptor H1-mediated Sensitisation of TRPV1 Mediates Visceral Hypersensitivity and Symptoms in Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome. MM Wouters et al. Gastoenterology 2016 Apr;150(4):875-87  2016 See More
• Are two parasites involved in IBS? Australian Doctor June 2015 See More
• A clinician’s primer on the role of the Microbiome in Human Health and Disease. S Khanna, Mayo Clin Proc. 2014;89(1):107-114 See More
• Update on the pathogenic potential and treatment options for Blastocystis sp. T Roberts, D Stark, J Harkness, J Ellis. Gut Pathog 2014 See More    
• Blastocystis: Consensus of treatment and controversies. U Sekar & M Shanthi. Trop Parasitol. 2013 See More
• A Review of the Clinical Presentation of Dientamoebiasis. D Stark et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 See More   
• Current treatment options for Dientamoeba Fragilis Infections. N Nagata et al. Int J Parasitol Drug Resist. 2012 See More
• Zonulin and its regulation of Intestinal Barrier Function: the biological door to inflammation, autoimmunity and cancer. A Fassano. Physiological  Reviews. 2011  See More​
• Intestinal permeability and its regulation by Zonulin: diagnostic and therapeutic implications. A Fassano. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2012 See More
• Alterations in Intestinal Permeability. MC Arrieta et al. Gut 2006 See More
• Tight junctions, intestinal permeability and autoimmunity celiac disease and type 1 diabetes. J Visser et.al.  Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2009 See More

Infant Nutrition

• ​Introducing Solid Foods to Infants. J Anderson for ABA See More
• Breast Feeding and Food Sensitivities. J Anderson for ABA See More
• ​Diet and Maternal Weight Loss Whilst Breast Feeding. J Anderson for ABA See More
• Coeliac Disease and Breast Feeding. Penny Dellsperger for ABA See More

Polycystic Ovaries

• Effects of a eucaloric reduced-carbohydrate diet on body composition and fat distribution in women with PCOS. Goss et al. Metabolism Oct:63(10):1257-64, 2014 See More  
• Insulin resistance in obesity and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies. Behboudi-Gandevani S et al. Gynecol Endrocrinol. May;32(5):343-53, 2016 See More 
• A lower-carbohydrate, higher-fat diet reduces abdominal and intermuscular fat and increases insulin sensitivity in adults at risk of type 2 diabetes. Gower BA et al. J Nutr.Jan;145(1):177S-83S. 2015 See More         
• The optimal diet for women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome? Marsh K, Brand Miller J. Br J Nutr 2005 Aug;94(2):154-65 See More 

Transient Receptor Potential Cation Channels: over expression and/or faulty functioning may well be a key factor for some of the pain and inflammatory symptoms felt by sufferers of food intolerance, allergy, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue

• Loss of transient receptor  potential melastatin 3 ion channel function in natural killer cells from chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis. Cabanas H et.al. Mol Med 2018  See More
• Single nucleotide polymorphisms and genotypes of transient receptor potential ion channel and acetylcholine receptor genes from isolated B lymphocytes in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome patients. Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik et al. Journal of International Medical Research 2016   See More
• ​Histamine Receptor H1-mediated Sensitisation of TRPV1 Mediates Visceral Hypersensitivity and Symptoms in Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome. MM Wouters et al. Gastoenterology 2016 Apr;150(4):875-87  2016 See More
• TRPM3 in temperature sensing and beyond. Held K et.al. Temperature (Austin) 2015 See More
• Flavones that selectively inhibit TRPM3 attenuate thermal noiception in vivo. Straub I et.al. Molecular Pharmacology 2013  See More
• Citrus fruit and fabacea secondary metabolites potently and selectively block TRPM3. Straub I et.al. Br J Pharmacol. 2013 See More
• Transient receptor potential channels as targets for Phytochemicals. LS Premkumar. ACS Chem Neurosci. Nov 19;5(11):1117-30. 2014 See
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• TRPV1: on the road to pain relief. JA Oseguera et al. Curr Mol Pharmacol 2008 Nov;1(3):255-69 See More
• Herbal Compounds and Toxins Modulating TRP Channels. J Vriens. Curr Neuropharmacol. Mar;6(1):79-96. 2008  See More​