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Microplastics Go From the Gut to Other Organs
It’s happening every day. From our water, our food and even the air we breathe, tiny plastic particles are finding their way into many parts of our body. But what happens once those particles are inside? What do they do to our digestive system? In a recent paper published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, University ...
Diet Type Can Increase Potentially Harmful Gas in the Gut
Published in Clinical Nutrition, researchers from the University of Minnesota (U of M) Medical School looked at colonic hydrogen sulfide—a toxic gas in the body that smells like rotten eggs—production in people in response to animal- and plant-based diet interventions. “Although the role of hydrogen sulfide has long been a subject of great interest in ...
Vitamin D Regulates Calcium in Intestine Differently Than Previously Thought
A Rutgers (New Jersey) study has discovered that vitamin D regulates calcium in a section of the intestine that previously was thought not to have played a key role. The findings have important implications on how bowel disease, including ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease, may disrupt calcium regulation. In a healthy person, the body absorbs ...
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