Absolute Acupuncture/Julie Wynne L.Ac.

12/17/2025

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Nautilus is a different kind of science magazine. Our stories take you into the depths of science and spotlight its ripples in our lives and cultures.

12/16/2025

Hi Folks! Interesting reading comparing mushroom mycelium vs mushroom fruit body extracts. 🍄

Repost from Elan Sudberg:

The team behind Alkemist Labs long time friend and client, Paul Stamets / Host Defense just posted a mechanistic paper on Lion’s Mane (Hericium erinaceus) mycelium and how it behaves in human immune cells under stress. Not a mouse, not a marketing deck. Actual PBMCs, transcriptomics, and cytokine readouts.

Two things jumped out at me:

1) Calm under challenge.
When immune cells were hit with an inflammatory LPS challenge, the Lion’s Mane mycelium prep consistently reduced classic stress cytokines like IL-1β, TNF-α, and IL-8, while keeping baseline cytokines low. In other words: modulate, don’t light the place on fire.

2) Tissue type matters. A lot.
They compared the mycelium to a β-glucan-enriched fruiting-body extract. Under the same challenge, the fruiting-body extract nearly doubled IL-1β, while the mycelium drove it down. Same species, different material, different immune outcome. That’s a big deal for anyone who thinks “Lion’s Mane is Lion’s Mane.”

Also notable: the mycelium showed stronger antioxidant and iron-chelating activity than the fruiting-body extract in this setup.

Important disclaimer so nobody gets weird: this is a preprint and still under peer review. But the direction is clear enough to be interesting, and it reinforces something I’ve been saying for years:

You don’t get to assume bioactivity from a species name. You test the actual preparation.

https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202511.1990

12/16/2025

12/13/2025

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12/13/2025

https://theeternalsong.org/owl-welcome/

If An Owl Calls Your Name is a powerful new film that follows Indigenous Elders, healers, and activists from the Esk’etemc, Gitxsan, and Wet’suwet’en territories (now called British Columbia) as they walk the quiet path of healing after generations of forced assimilation.

12/06/2025

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09/25/2025

https://www.health.com/things-that-spike-blood-sugar-11738594

Think your blood sugar is under control? These everyday habits—like lack of sleep or hydration—could be silently causing spikes. Here's how to fix them fast.

09/10/2025

Protect our National Parks !

09/09/2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_DoCNBz5Qg

Glycation and AgingGlycation is the process of non-enzymatic glucose attachment to various cells, tissues, and enzymes. This process reduces/compromises cell...

08/26/2025

https://www.fastcompany.com/91391244/emotionally-intelligent-people-use-a-brilliant-3-word-phrase-to-learn-remember-and-get-more-out-of-life

When you’re running a business, it can be difficult to take time off. Use this slogan to reset your priorities.

07/04/2025

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Sad reality! 🥲