The irritable bowel syndrome: main features The irritable colon (IBS acronym from Irritable Bowel Syndrome) concerns disorders characterized by alterations of the function of the digestive tract accompanied by pain, abdominal swelling and...
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The microbiota-intestine-brain bond In the 4th century B.C. Hippocrates claimed that diseases originated in the intestine. Nowadays, the progress of scientific research confirms the key role of this organ and its microbiota (for further...
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Emerging food regimes: THE KETOGENIC DIET The ketogenic diet (KD) or even ketonic as it can be found in literature, is a diet with very little carbohydrate intake. More than a diet, due to its potential and its application in certain...
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Foods as epigenetic modulators and low-grade systemic inflammation How can a food play such an important role in determining a state of health or illness? The answer is epigenetics with epigenetic modulators. Each food is made up of molecules...
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Lipidomic membrane analysis: introduction It is true that there are many news surfing on the net and that, especially in medicine, you have to make a real "slalom" while reading: we should be able to distinguish between what has a solid knowledge...
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Keep our "machine" efficient to fight fatigue In a very simplistic way, we can compare the human body to a machine. Despite having an unimaginable complexity - thinking only of billions of billions of biochemical reactions that take place every...
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"Downstream" considerations... We are part of an ecosystem ... but what exactly is an ecosystem? Any vocabulary defines it as: "a set of living beings and non-living matter that interact in an environment, constituting a self-sufficient system in...
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Healthy ageing: from Lifespan to Healthspan A few weeks ago, an article was published in The New Yorker magazine entitled: Can We Live Longer but Stay Younger? The question of a not only longer but healthier life is emerging as a result of the...
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The biological activity of dietary supplements: "Do not use dietary supplements as a substitute for a varied and balanced diet, in a healthy and active lifestyle context. Remember that a dietary supplement cannot "compensate" for bad habits. "...
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What can be seen as “allergies”: Spring is the time of year when all the nature come back to life, but with it reawakes the symptomatology of mane persons who suffer from inhalant allergy, such as pollen. Exists furthermore, cross-reactive...
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Circadian cycle: does the biological clock exist and is it related with metabolism? The 2017 Nobel Prize for the Medicine or physiology has been assigned to three north Americans researchers for their discovery on the molecular mechanisms which...
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