fiber
3 stories tagged "fiber"
Autoimmune & Inflammation
How Fiber Teaches a Self-Erasing Gut Wall to Remember for Two Weeks
Butyrate, the compound gut bacteria make from fiber, reprogrammed the intestinal lining of mice to keep raising IL-10 and blunting colitis for 2 weeks after the last dose, and the imprint held even in mice with no gut bacteria at all.
Nutrition & FoodCut the Fiber and Your Gut Bacteria Start Eating Your Own Gut Lining
Princeton isotope tracing found that when fiber runs short, gut bacteria strip protein off the mucus wall and churn out the same toxins that pile up in failing kidneys. Feed them whole plants and the chemistry flips.
Autoimmune & InflammationThe Anti-Inflammatory Worm That Only Works If You Feed It Fiber
Feed a rat plenty of fiber and a harmless tapeworm reaches full size and quiets the immune system. Cut the fiber to Western levels and the same worm shrinks, stops reproducing, and its anti-inflammatory power switches off.