Terry Pollock, MS

Terry Pollock With her BS in biology/life sciences from NC State University and her Master of Science (MS) in clinical nutrition from East Carolina University, Terry Pollock became Curator of Education for the NC Aquarium. She then became a research associate for a 3-year NIH grant at the University of Texas Medical Branch, creating an electrochromatography method for detecting glutathione in human milk. Then she joined Metametrix for ten years as their first clinical consultant, during which time she presented at medical conferences, teleconferences and seminars around the US. She’s been an editorial reviewer for Alternative Medicine Review for 15 years. Beginning in 2000, Terry spent 6 years in university and elementary teaching and consulting in her private practice. In 2006, Terry returned to Metametrix, as Clinical Support Specialist. She is interested in genetic “optimization” through nutritional biochemistry, the healing properties of natural/whole foods diets, playing music with her band, hiking, sailing, cooking, reading, energy medicine.

Posts by Terry Pollock, MS

gut microbial ecology, stool »

DNA-based Technologies for Stool Testing Yield Superior Information on Gut Bacteria
[18 Jan 2012 | 0 Comments]

New methods for testing microbes in stool are proving to be more clinically useful than older culture methods alone. Acceptance of such improvements is historically slow and misconceptions and rumor abound. Three points (time-of-collection snapshot, anaerobe profiling, and ... [More]

gut microbial ecology, stool »

Parasites, Poop and Public Relations
[12 Sep 2011 | 2 Comments]

Let’s face it, people do not imagine anything attractive when they think of parasites. A wiggly protozoan or worm inside our own GI tract? The knee-jerk reaction is “Gross! Kill it…NOW!” There is good reasoning behind this opinion. Parasites, by definition, live at the expense of their host and can wreak havoc to many body systems... [More]

cardio, fatty acids, hormones »

Mario Batali Promotes Health with “Meatless Mondays”
[1 Aug 2011 | 0 Comments]

“Iron Chef” Mario Batali is showing his concern for the environment. Fans will be interested to know that Mario is introducing a new campaign by the Environmental Working Group to promote “Meatless Mondays.” The idea is to reduce the negative impact of excessive meat consumption by going one day per week without it... [More]

gut microbial ecology, stool »

100 Trillion Guests – Part III: What Are We Serving?
[13 Jun 2011 | 0 Comments]

Everyone looks forward to the food being offered at a party, right? Our “other” cells, the bacterial guests in our colon are also largely at the mercy of what we, their hosts, see fit to feed them. As we mentioned before in this series, we need to be aware of nourishing this mass of commensal, beneficial microbes as well as ourselves, when we consciously sit down to eat... [More]

toxins »

IQ Is Affected by Pesticides: Are We Smart Enough to Minimize Organophosphate Exposure?
[14 May 2011 | 3 Comments]

As if we did not have enough to be concerned about regarding the health of our kids, we now know that certain organophosphate pesticides can result in lowered IQ levels! [More]

gut microbial ecology, stool »

100 Trillion Guests – Part II: Frankenbug Crashes(?) the Party
[13 Apr 2011 | 4 Comments]

Recently a friend of mine I’ll call Jody commented on how Activia® yogurt had “fixed” her irregularity problems. Knowing I worked at a lab that does stool testing, she figured I’d be able to explain this amazing phenomenon to her. I deferred, saying there is way too much ... [More]

gut microbial ecology, stool »

100 Trillion “Guests” – Part I
[28 Mar 2011 | 2 Comments]

You may know about the many millions of “other” cells in your body, ones that don’t carry your DNA. But I’m talking about the 3 to 4 pounds of gut bacteria in your colon or large intestine. We are talking 10 times the number of human cells – approximately 100 trillion m... [More]