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2 stories tagged "inflammation"

Autoimmune & Inflammation

A near-starvation diet shifted inflammation in gum-disease patients. The trial was tiny, and the diet came in a box.

A 28-patient feasibility trial put severe gum-disease patients on three cycles of a 750-calorie ProLon diet. Inflammation markers trended lower; clinical gum measures weren't reported. The biology question is real; the data is thin.

Autoimmune & Inflammation

Fish oil rewired the T-cells in non-obese diabetic rats, and the glucose moved with them

A Brazilian team gave EPA-heavy fish oil to a non-obese diabetic rat strain for eight weeks. Glucose, insulin sensitivity, and lipids all moved in the friendlier direction. The T-cell balance shifted alongside them, and that is the part of the paper worth chewing on.