Sentences with phrase «absorbed by your blood»

It also has carotenoids which turn to vitamin A and are absorbed by the blood stream.

These molecules are absorbed by your blood, and when they get close to the breast they are transported into the milk making cells of the breast via diffusion.

The second technique, photoacoustic imaging, uses an infrared laser that, when absorbed by blood, heats it.

This is then absorbed by the blood and carried back to the lungs, where it is eliminated when you exhale.

Intermittent fasting forces the body, which normally uses glucose for fuel, to convert certain types of fat into fatty acids that can be absorbed by the blood.

When Vitamin B12 is injected, the vitamin is readily absorbed by the blood and can get to work immediately.

When this happens, too much sugar or glucose builds up in the body and is not absorbed by your blood cells properly.

Not exact matches

The glucose released in this process is used by bacteria in the colon, preventing it from being absorbed into the blood stream (for this reason the product also has negligible effects on blood sugar).

That could have a range of consequences, including effects on blood sugar, regulation of body weight, inflammatory bowel disease, and how drugs and other chemicals are absorbed and metabolized by the body.

By the way, a substance in black pepper helps the curcumin absorb into your blood stream!

The apple juice has had its fibre content removed completely so it is absorbed very much more quickly by the blood.

While the more famous insulin lowers blood sugar levels by forcing your cells to absorb the free - floating sugar, glucagon has the opposite effect.

As a result, sugar does not get absorbed by your cells, leaving your blood sugar levels high.

I'm trying to eat as much as I can because of its nutritional benefits: — they can help your diet by making you feel full (it's because they absorb 10 times their weight in water, forming a bulky gel)-- they are the richest plant source of Omega - 3 — chia seeds slow down how fast our bodies convert carbohydrates into simple sugars, studies indicate they can control blood sugar — they are an excellent source of fiber, with a whopping 10 grams in only 2 tablespoons — chia seeds are rich in antioxidants that help protect the body from free radicals, aging and cancer — chia seeds contain no gluten or grains — the outer layer of chia seeds swells when mixed with liquids to form a gel (this can used in place of eggs to lower cholesterol and increase the nutrient content of foods and baked goods)(More info here.)

When a causative agent penetrates a physical barrier, such as the skin, and is absorbed into the blood system, the immune system activates all its defenses by struggling with pathological elements.

This type of vitamin helps in catering to different kinds of functions like healing, enhancing bone structure, blood vessels, muscles, healing, cartilage and resisting infections by absorbing enough iron.

Unlike most «refined» carbohydrates, which are rapidly absorbed into the bloodstream, pasta has a low glycemic index, meaning it causes smaller increases in blood sugar levels than those caused by eating foods with a high glycemic index.

By hindering LMPTP, the drug reawakens insulin receptors on the surface of cells — especially in the liver — which normally absorb excess sugar from the blood when they detect insulin.

These include the amount of lifetime exposure and individual differences in biochemistry that affect whether BMAA is absorbed by the gut, destroyed by the liver, or allowed to cross the blood - brain barrier.

In healthy people, glucose is absorbed from the blood for use by various tissues.

The 4,000 upper - limit dose restored healthy blood level quicker — by eight weeks — and was also better at suppressing parathyroid hormone, which works against vitamin D's efforts to improve bone health by absorbing calcium, they reported.

The sensors detect how much infrared light is absorbed by hemoglobin in the blood and therefore report where brain activity is greatest (because that's where the blood goes).

The researchers created the nanosponges by separating the membranes of human red blood cells from their internal contents and stabilizing the membranes with an engineered core designed to absorb the toxins produced by pathogenic bacteria.

But that production stops after a meal, when insulin is released by the pancreas and performs its main task of removing sugar from the blood and shepherding the glucose to multiple types of cells that absorb it for energy.

The 4,000 upper - limit dose restored the healthy blood level quicker — by eight weeks — and was also better at suppressing parathyroid hormone, which works against vitamin D's efforts to improve bone health by absorbing calcium, said Dong, the study's corresponding author.

«After injecting the nanosponge - hydrogel at the infected spot, we observed that it absorbed the toxins secreted by the bacteria and prevented further damage to the local blood, skin and muscle tissues,» said Zhang.

«We wanted to understand why there is more cis - lycopene in the body, and by mathematically modeling our patients» blood carbon - 13 lycopene concentration data, we found that it is likely due to a conversion of all - trans to cis lycopene, which occurs soon after we absorb lycopene from our food,» she added.

Last year, researchers at Rice University developed a similar treatment that uses a near - infrared laser to heat nanoshells — microscopic glass beads coated in gold that are too large to be absorbed by healthy cells but small enough to sneak inside tumors through their blood vessels.

In a normal human body, the liver helps regulate blood sugar by stimulating the body to absorb glucose as glycogen (for future use as energy).

These cells protect and nourish the retina, remove waste products, prevent new blood vessel growth into the retinal layer, and absorb light not absorbed by the photoreceptor cells; these actions prevent the scattering of the light and enhance clarity of vision.

Shwachman - Diamond syndrome (SDS) is a rare, inherited bone marrow failure, characterized by a low number of white blood cells, poor growth due to difficulty absorbing food and, in some cases, skeletal abnormalities.

Remarkably, your friendly flora support your metabolism and a healthy weight by producing enzymes that help you digest food and absorb nutrients (so you don't overeat and aren't malnourished), regulating your blood sugar levels so you aren't constantly searching for that next sugar fix and increasing the hormones that tell your brain when you're full.

Once absorbed, it is then moved into the systemic circulation, picked up by the liver, to finally cross the blood - brain barrier into the central nervous system.

Fiber lowers cholesterol and blood pressure, and reduces blood - sugar spikes by slowing how fast carbs are absorbed into your bloodstream after eating.

A heavy metal linked to reproductive problems if absorbed by the body, Antimony has also been found in the blood of babies who died from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and is one of the potential parts of the SIDS puzzle, though the research is still out on this.

As it pertains to blood glucose levels, cooking them changes their starch into sugars that are absorbed by your body faster, raising blood sugar levels faster than they would raw.

In addition, as a monosaccharide, Dextrose is easily absorbed and utilized by the body; it has a high glycemic index (GI) rating which indicates that it enters the bloodstream very quickly and is well - tolerated by most individuals with normal blood sugar responses.

A recent study [14] evaluating how much artificial sweetener is actually absorbed into the blood when consumed by children versus adults found that children had DOUBLE the concentration after drinking a 12 - ounce can of diet soda compared to the adults.

While glucose is absorbed directly into the blood from the digestive tract, to be used as energy by our cells, fructose must first be processed by the liver, where is shunted into the metabolic pathway that leads to fat synthesis.

Although magnesium supplements lower blood pressure by encouraging the muscles in your blood vessels to relax, these supplements are poorly absorbed and digestive upset is a common side - effect (7).

Experts recommend taking the liposomal form of vitamin C, which is easily absorbed by the intestines, thereby keeping blood concentrations high.

Once food substances in your stomach are broken down, they are absorbed by your body via blood.

By increasing blood flow while absorbing nutrients your skin will rid itself of toxins.

In addition to the B12 that is attached to IF, about 1 % of any amount of free B12 in the ileum will also be absorbed by passive diffusion, meaning that it will just pass through the intestinal wall to the blood without any help.

The lymphatic system also helps maintain levels of fatty acids in the blood by absorbing and transporting them from the digestive system to the bloodstream, supplying individual cells with this important resource.

As for your blood sugar / diabetes question — a smoothie could work for you, but by nature as a liquid, they tend to be absorbed quickly and can spike insulin based on that, even with added protein.

These peptides are later acted upon by pancreatic enzymes in the small intestine, and are reduced to amino acids that are then absorbed across the intestinal wall in the blood.

When essential oils are used topically, they are absorbed into the blood stream and wind up being processed by the liver but at a much slower pace.

Sweets» easily digestible nature allows your body to rapidly absorb sugar after you eat, leading to a spike in your blood sugar levels, followed by a subsequent rapid decrease, or blood sugar crash.

Here's my explanation — When used on the bottom of the feet neat (undiluted) or topically on the skin (diluted in a carrier), the essential oil is absorbed through the skin, enters the blood stream and is metabolized by the liver so you are «using essential oils internally», just not through ingestion.