Video: How Processed Foods Affect Digestion

Harvard researchers use a video capsule to see the impact of processed foods on the digestive system. See the video here.

Probiotics Improve Ulcerative Colitis

Metanalysis concludes: “…probiotics should be considered as an auxiliary medicine in the remission induction stage and maintenance stage of ulcerative colitis.”

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How do you choose the right probiotic?

Factors include purity, potency, ability to survive stomach acid, ability to colonize the large intestine, an immune effects of the specific probiotic [...]

Gut Bacteria May Trigger Rheumatoid Arthritis

Presence of the wrong kind of bacteria in the intestinal tract (dysbiosis) is found to stimulate flares of rheumatoid arthritis in susceptible individuals.

The researchers observed that the bacterial infection imbalanced T cell activity, stimulating systemic inflammation.

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FDA Warns: Stomach Acid Blocking Drugs Increase Fracture Risk

The FDA warns that long-term (> 1 year) or high-dose use of acid-suppressing proton pump inhibitor medications (Nexium, Protonix, Prilosec, Aciphex) increases the risk of fracture of the spine, hip, and wrist. Read the full story here.

How does this happen? Stomach acid binds minerals in food, increasing their absorption. Without stomach acid, bone-strengtheners like [...]