by Daniel BrouseSeptember 9, 2025 The gut microbiome goes through several important shifts over the course of a day, and these changes are tightly linked to the body’s circadian rhythm. These microbial populations do not operate randomly; they follow a daily cycle, synchronizing with light–dark patterns and feeding–fasting intervals. When fasting periods extend too long, […]
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Good Gut Bacteria (Gut Microbiome)
by Daniel Brouse help@membrane.com Good Gut Bacteria “Gut bacteria play several important roles in your health, such as communicating with your immune system and producing certain vitamins. Your gut bacteria can also affect how different foods are digested and produce chemicals….” (Why the Gut Microbiome Is Crucial for Your Health) Most people start fermenting good […]
COVID-19 Delta Variant and Vaccines
By Daniel Brouse What do we know about the Delta variant and vaccines? OVERVIEW The efficacy of mRna vaccines is about 79% against contracting the Delta variant. Non-mRna vaccines are between 40-60% effective against Delta. Vaccines lose efficacy at about 3%/month after six months of being fully vaccinated. Vaccines appear to help contain the Delta […]
Long-COVID and Environmental Aggravators
by Daniel Brouse help@membrane.com Exercise aggravates long-COVID symptoms. COVID causes changes to your genes making it harder to create NAD+ and quicker to consume NAD+. Normally, exercise helps boost your NAD+. Not with long-COVID. The inflammation caused by exercise, anxiety, or exertion causes a rapid depletion of NAD+ aggravating long-COVID symptoms and perpetuating the downward […]
Post-Acute COVID-19 — COVID Long Haulers Syndrome
Guy A. Richards1, Adrian Wentzel2, Robert Miller COVID-19: NAD+ deficiency may predispose the aged, obese and type2 diabetics to mortality through its effect on SIRT1 activity Wentzel, Miller, Richards COVID-19: NAD+ Deficiency by Wentzel, Miller, Richards (PDF) Treatment of SARS-CoV-2 induced pneumonia with NAD+ in a mouse model Jiang, Deng, Ma, Pang, Hu, Qin, […]
COVID-19: A Survivor’s Story
by Daniel Brouse (Also see the update: 3 Years of Living With It) I am a scientist and journalist publishing articles and papers since 1994. As part of a collective of scientists, we have been working on the greatest threat to humankind — humans. Much of my effort has been spent on Anthropogenic Climate Change. […]
COVID-19 Testimonial Update — 1 Year Later
January 19, 2021 Today is my one year anniversary of catching COVID-19. * 24 hours later I started feeling weird — upset stomach and vertigo. Difficulty in falling to sleep with the “spins”. * Woke up the next morning feeling like I had a severe hangover — headache, body ache, fatigue. * 72 hours later […]
Good Gut Bacteria
Your good gut bacteria is essential to a healthy immune system. “The gut microbiota that resides in the gastrointestinal tract provides essential health benefits to its host, particularly by regulating immune homeostasis. Moreover, it has recently become obvious that alterations of these gut microbial communities can cause immune dysregulation, leading to autoimmune disorders.” [1] Gut […]
NAD+ Plus Immune System Diet (CISP CPD)
By Daniel Brouse help@membrane.com THE NAD+ PLUS DIET (COVID Induced Secondary Pellagra and COVID Prevention Diet) The NAD+ Plus Diet is based on research by Dr. Ade Wentzel (Port Elizabeth, South Africa), Robert Miller (Cape Town) and Guy Richards (Johannesburg). The team of scientist developed a diet based protocol that boosts NAD+ and the immune […]
Vitamin and Mineral Supplements
In general, you should get your vitamins and minerals in the food you eat and water you drink as part of your natural diet. It is difficult to find a multivitamin that is good for you. Taking metals, such as, Iron, Sodium, Magnesium, Potassium, or Calcium as a supplement can be dangerous. Usually Zinc is […]