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High-Fat Diet Can Ward Off Inflammation In The Gut

...agues studied the effect of fat-induced CCK on the gut and found that rats that were fed with a high-fatty diet were protected from lethal bacteria, while those on a low-fat diet did not have the same immunity. The mechanism of action was that CCK sent signals to the vagus nerve, which in turn triggered ...

Cannabinoids - Antidepressant And Inflammatory Bowel Disease Treatment

...n that inflammatory bowel disease involves damaged gut linings," Wright said. Source: The Journal of Gastroenterology, Journal of Clinical Investigation...

Novel drug holds promise for treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis

...through the oral route as the immune set up in the gut has the potential to educate the body to view a protein as one that isn’t dangerous or foreign. DnaJP1 was found effective in a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, which took place between 2000 and 2...

The ideal composition of intravenous lipid emulsion

...s of patients, the lack of a correctly functioning gut precludes complete oral or enteral nutrient provis...y ill patients, particularly in those where normal gut function is absent. However, the inability to provide sufficient energy to patients, in the form of ...

Stomach Beats Can Tell the Truth About Lying

...ain but also by factors such as hormones, "But the gut has a mind of its own - literally. It has its own well-developed nervous system that acts independently of almost everything except your unconscious brain," Pasricha said. The researchers used a device called an electrogastrogram (EGG) on 16 test s...

Genetically modified bacteria to combat HIV

...ost HIV transmission occurs on the surfaces of the gut and reproductive areas, which are normally coated with a layer of bacteria. The researchers have successfully modified one of these bacteria - a form of E. coli - so that it began to secrete proteins that block HIV from infecting its target cells. ...

Breast-fed Children Weather Digestive Disease

...the bowel and allow gluten to pass deeper into the gut than normal. Breast milk also contains certain immune cells from the mother that might confer protection against gluten intolerance, they said. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends women breastfeed babies for at least six months. -- IA...

Fruitfly My Distant Cousin

Researchers have found that fruitfly gut stem cells and human intestine stem cells are similar and the regulation of cell control in gut of both are alike. The similarity found between stem cells of fruitfly// and humans can help in und...

Worms Learn To Choose Their Diet

...and Serratia marcescens) they propagate within the gut of C.elagans and result in fatal consequences. The experiment consists of two sets of worms one was given a diet of E.coli (OP50, harmless). The other set was feed on the pathogenic bacteria Serratia marcescens or Pseudomonas aeruginosa in additio...

Say no to detox tablets

...play their role in the detoxification process. The gut checks entry of bacteria and other harmful toxins. The liver converts complex chemical substances into simpler ones, which is directed to the kidneys for excretion. Scientists stated that the entire detox package including the various juices, herb...

MMR Triple Vaccine Caught In the Eye of a Storm

...hat the live measles virus in MMR can cause brain, gut and immune system damage in a subset of vulnerable children, and There's no one conclusive piece of scientific evidence, no 'smoking gun', because there very rarely is when adverse drug reactions are first suspected. When vaccine damage in very young...

Novel Test For Early Detection Of Gullet Cancer

...pill is pulled out, gently scraping cells from the gut wall that are then tested for early signs of the condition. Currently the only way of checking for early signs is to push a tube down the windpipe with a camera on it, a risky and expensive procedure. Fitzgerald said: 'Unfortunately, most people...

Plants have ability to significantly lower LDL cholesterol through sterol pills

...nd can reduce the absorption of cholesterol in the gut by competing with cholesterol to get absorbed and transported into the body. Most sterol-containing foods studied so far have been brands of margarine. The plant compounds were combined with a substance called lecithin and compressed into tablets....

Superfoods make super healthy humans??

...ncer risk by stimulating precancerous cells in the gut wall to "commit suicide". ONE of the very best sources of folic acid which may help to combat Alzheimer's disease is asparagus. In a study of Alzheimer's patients, folic acid lowered homocysteine - a substance that interferes with blood flow to the...

Beans Devoid Of Flatulence Causing Compounds Would Soon Hit The Market

...ble fibre, which is has a beneficial effect on the gut and help the digestive system get rid of toxins, increased by 97.5%. Dr Frankie Phillips, a nutrition expert and spokeswoman for the British Dietetic Association, said that the study helps in overcoming the negative aspects (flatulence) of eating leg...

Hormone - A Shot in the Arm for Weight Loss

...blems. According to a new study, injections of the gut hormone oxyntomodulin may assist// the obese in getting back to shape. Incidentally, Oxyntomodulin is generated by the body, among other hormones that monitor the feelings of satiation, or Feeling Full. Steve Bloom and colleagues at Imperial Colleg...

A New Study Shows That A Hormone Could Lead To Weight Loss

...after certain types of injuries like injury to the gut and they tend to lose a lot of weight and stay very thin. And by that it could be seen that there do not appear to be any harmful effects of having high levels of oxyntomodulin, He said. He also added that the only side effect appears to be sustained...

Good News For The Obese People

...carbohydrate diets absorb less calcium through the gut and excrete more calcium in the urine, so you'd expect they would be leaching their bones." Dr. Carter emphasized he does not advocate strict low-carbohydrates for long-term weight management. Such diets may adversely overload the kidneys with pro...

Low Carbohydrate Diet Packs No Bone Loss

...y be due to reduced calcium absorption through the gut and excretion of more calcium in the urine in people who take a low carbohydrate diet. I do not advocate a pure and strict low-carbohydrates for long-term weight loss, because it may for any reasons significantly overload the kidneys with protein a...

American Study Shows the Association between MMR and Autism

... of the measles virus while performing biopsies of gut tissue. Steve Walker, assistant professor at Wake Forest University Medical Centre, North Carolina, also said that these children were diagnosed with autism and suffered from serious digestive problems for which no explanation could be found. The stu...

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