Sentences with phrase «of gastrointestinal health»

Rolfe, R.D; The Role of Probiotic Cultures in the Control of Gastrointestinal Health; J Nutrition; 2000; 130 (Supplement 2); 396 - 402

Postbiotic compounds are the key regulators of gastrointestinal health.

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Stress either exacerbates or increases the risk of health issues like heart disease, obesity, depression, gastrointestinal problems, asthma, and more.

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (NYSE / TSX: VRX) is a multinational specialty pharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of pharmaceutical products primarily in the areas of dermatology, gastrointestinal disorder, eye health, neurology and branded generics.

If you still struggle with gastrointestinal upsets after eating gluten - free oats or oatmeal, you may have Avenin to blame, says Dr. Barbara Griffin of Vital Health Inc..

Ginger has a long history of relieving gastrointestinal distress, but it has many other health benefits too.

Stress plays a huge role in gut health, altering the composition of the gastrointestinal microbiota and likewise, an unhealthy diversity of bacteria can impact emotional behaviour and exacerbate our stress response.

The high fiber content provides coconut flour with many of its health benefits including a healthy gastrointestinal tract and blood sugar regulation.

Gluten - free diets have been credited with health benefits such as weight loss and other reduced symptoms of inflammation and gastrointestinal distress, though some of those reporting lower symptoms may have non-celiac allergies and disorders.

Recipe courtesy of The FODMAP Friendly Vegan «Oregano is an amazing herb from a health perspective, and has been traditionally used to treat respiratory tract disorders, gastrointestinal (GI) disorders, menstrual cramps, and urinary tract disorders.

A diet high in dietary fiber is beneficial to the health of your heart and gastrointestinal tract.

At that time, she left a promising research career within the field of gastrointestinal physiology in order to study the positive and health promoting effects of oxytocin.

Other causes of bellyache — such as gastrointestinal reflux, allergies, food sensitivities, bacterial or viral infection — can pose serious health problems.

Additionally the Health Canada warning does not address the presence of the bacterium Salmonella species, a major cause for gastrointestinal infections, present in powdered infant formula.

These include increased prevalence of a range of infectious diseases and health conditions — ear infections, gastrointestinal infections respiratory infections, necrotizing enterocolitis, sepsis, meningitis, diabetes, childhood cancers, obesity, allergies — formula fed infants grow and develop differently from breastmilk fed infants, including cognitive and neural development.

When given exclusively, breastfeeding reduces the risk of infectious diseases in infants in developing countries.21, 22 In industrialized countries, exclusive breastfeeding during the first 6 months seems to decrease the risk of gastrointestinal tract infections, compared with exclusive breastfeeding during only the first 3 to 4 months.23, 24 On the basis of these and other reports, the World Health Organization recommended in 2001 that all children be exclusively breastfeed for 6 months instead of 4 months.

Prebiotics are a type of carbohydrate that helps promote gastrointestinal health.

While health officials did not provide specific details on the course of Spencer's illness, Ebola patients experience gastrointestinal symptoms such as severe diarrhea and vomiting, in addition to bleeding.

«There are a lot of reasons we want to explore helping with gastrointestinal health and one reason is if you have problems, like a leaky gut, and start to suffer inflammation, that may then lead to other conditions, like arthritis and heart disease,» said Perdew.

In addition to its potential use in treating age - related health problems, metformin can treat portal hypertension — high blood pressure in the liver resulting from cirrhosis, according to a new study in American Journal of Physiology — Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology.

The problem was not just unpleasant odors, it was a serious health risk — one study conducted in 1972 found that over one - half of the river runners through the Grand Canyon experienced gastrointestinal illness.»

Several species of protozoa reside in the human gut, and some of them are prevalent in patients with gastrointestinal disease, suggesting that similar host - parasite interactions could affect human health.

Their findings, which have been published online in The Journal of Experimental Medicine, expand the type of gut - resident microorganism that can affect the health of their host and suggest that related parasites may cause gastrointestinal disease in humans.

In recent years, researchers have discovered that the trillions of bacteria that reside in the gastrointestinal tract have an enormous impact on human health and disease.

Dr. Matthew Giefer, director of gastrointestinal endoscopy at Seattle Children's Hospital, and colleagues analyzed 342 children ages 0 - 18 with acute recurrent pancreatitis (ARP) and chronic pancreatitis (CP) from INSPPIRE (International Study Group of Pediatric Pancreatitis: In search for a cure), the nation's first and only multicenter, National Institutes of Health - funded pediatric pancreatitis registry, led by Dr. Aliye Uc of University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital.

«By studying the microbial community in the panda's gastrointestinal tract, we gain a better understanding of panda nutrition, which could help improve the health and reproduction of the endangered species.»

A review of a major provincial health database in Australia revealed that people there who contracted any bacterial gastrointestinal infection were 57 percent more likely to develop either ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease, another chronic bowel condition, than people born in the same place and era who had not had such infections.

«This research emphasizes the pre-exposure of chlamydia to the gastrointestinal (GI) tract as a vaccine,» said Guangming Zhong, M.D., Ph.D., professor in the Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine at UT Health San Antonio.

They are non-digestible food which pass into the lower gastrointestinal tract where they stimulate, actually feed, the growth of health - promoting bacteria.

Simultaneous pre-treatment with antihistamines that block both the H1 and H4 antihistamine receptors suppressed the gastrointestinal symptoms of food allergy in mice, according to researchers at National Jewish Health.

Study participants with indigestion who received 16 weeks of a therapy aimed at helping them identify and correct dysfunctional interpersonal patterns, called core conflictual relationship theme (CCRT) psychotherapy, saw improvements in all their gastrointestinal symptoms — and their mental health — which lasted for at least a year.

A range of dangerous pollutants have been found in this water, including bacteria like e. coli, toxic algae, lead, sulfur, excess iron, and general dirt and grit, that are known to lead to a host of health issues from gastrointestinal problems to neurological disorders, as well as reproductive issues.

A growing body of health research indicates sleep problems affect a wide range of people — contributing to poor concentration, daytime drowsiness, depression, gastrointestinal disorders and other health conditions.

White and colleagues have been studying the health of troops deployed in the 1991 Gulf War for more than 20 years to determine why so many of them suffer from a multi-system disorder characterized by fatigue, joint and muscle pain, headaches, concentration and memory problems, gastrointestinal distress, and skin rashes.

Lack of sleep also promotes weight gain and may lead to long term health consequences, such as depression, diabetes, hypertension, gastrointestinal disorders and colon cancer.

#JHSPH third year PhD student Calliope Holingue (right) in the Department of Mental Health is working with Wendy Klag Center director Dani Fallin to research the connection between autism and the gastrointestinal system..

At the Children's Intestinal Rehabilitation Program at Mott Children's Hospital, part of the University of Michigan Health System, our sole focus is your child's nutritional and gastrointestinal care.

«In women with PRR - ROC, global health status, physical function, role function and abdominal / [gastrointestinal] symptoms were independent predictors of overall survival,» Dr. Roncolato said.

The National Institutes of Health, the University of Chicago's Clinical and Translational Science Award, and the Gastrointestinal Research Foundation supported this study.

Disruption of this can lead to health problems such as gastrointestinal and cardiovascular disorders, depression and an increased risk of cancer.

At the Mount Sinai Health System's Division of Gastroenterology, we are pursuing a broad array of initiatives with a central focus on translational research that will lead to advances in care for gastrointestinal and liver diseases.

Chronic illness is on the rise, now more than ever before; a staggering number of Americans — about half — have now been diagnosed with recurrent health conditions like asthma, diabetes, food allergies, thyroid imbalances, gastrointestinal problems, Lyme disease, autoimmune disorders... the list goes on.

Up to 70 million Americans deal with digestive problems like constipation and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), according to the National Institutes of Health, and women tend to be way more likely than men to get gastrointestinal (GI) ailments.

Inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract (as with inflammatory bowel disease) can be especially detrimental to bone health, because it can prevent absorption of important bone - building nutrients such as calcium and vitamin D. Another inflammatory disease, rheumatoid arthritis, can also have implications because it limits people's physical activity and can keep them from performing weight - bearing, bone - strengthening exercises.

Other alcohols have fewer documented health benefits, and no form of alcohol is beneficial in excess — it becomes irritating to the liver, pancreas, and other gastrointestinal organs.

With a surge of microbiome - related research emerging in recent years, it has become common knowledge that the bacteria colonizing the gastrointestinal tract have a major impact on physical health.

«Not everybody who has obesity has the same health risk,» says Edward H. Livingston, MD, the chairman of gastrointestinal surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, in Dallas, who wrote an editorial accompanying the study.

Some of the most notable health benefits of wheatgrass include detoxifying the whole organism (especially the gastrointestinal tract), lowering blood pressure and stimulating the metabolism.

Her previous work showed a concerning connection between carrageenan and gastrointestinal cancer in lab animals, and she's involved with ongoing research funded through the National Institutes of Health that is investigating carrageenan's effect on ulcerative colitis and other diseases like diabetes.

Over 100 trillion microbes (bacteria, fungi and viruses) populate our gastrointestinal (GI) tract, and 99 % of them are beneficial to human health...