“Intermittent fasting increases gut microbial diversity, alters their composition and metabolic pathways”
Tag: Autoimmune
Drinking baking soda could be therapeutic for autoimmune disease
“first evidence of how the cheap, over-the-counter antacid can encourage our spleen to promote instead an anti-inflammatory environment that could be therapeutic in the face of inflammatory disease, Medical College […]
How the microbiome is linked to autoimmune disorders
“We found that a protein expressed by gut bacteria called Bacteroides works to prevent IBD by rapidly recruiting white blood cells to kill a cell of the immune system that […]
How babies’ environments lead to poor health later
“research suggests that altering aspects of the nutritional, microbial and psychosocial environment early in development can leave lasting marks on the epigenome, with the potential to reduce levels of chronic […]
Brain microbiota disruption within demyelinating lesions in MS
“inflammatory demyelination is linked to an organ-specific dysbiosis in MS that could contribute to underlying disease mechanisms.”
Lupus Studies Point to Gut Microbes, Epigenetics
“We have thought for a long time that lupus and other autoimmune and inflammatory diseases like it are caused by both genetic and environmental factors and their interactions. Epigenetic modifications, […]
Vagus Nerve Stimulation Potential Treatment for Autoimmune Disease
“Kevin Tracey, a neurosurgeon at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research in Manhasset, New York, … says that electrical stimulation could represent a better way to treat autoimmune diseases, such […]
Study suggests omega-3 in mothers’ diets may lower children’s risk of type 1 diabetes
“Results showed that high serum levels of fish-derived fatty acids (docosahexaenoic acid; DHA and docosapentaenoic acid; DPA) were associated with lower risk of early (insulin) autoimmunity. However, high serum levels […]
Antibiotic Use In Young Mice Linked To Inflammatory Disease
“Disrupting the early development of a healthy gut microbiome can do serious — yet reversible — damage, a study finds.”
‘Medicinal food’ diet counters onset of type 1 diabetes
” a diet yielding high amounts of the short-chain fatty acids acetate and butyrate provided a beneficial effect on the immune system and protected against type 1 or juvenile diabetes. […]