Sentences with phrase «osmosis caused»

The fermentation and osmosis caused by these undigested sugars are a cause of major IBS symptoms such as gas, pain, diarrhea and other digestive symptoms.

«The fermentation and osmosis caused by these undigested sugars are a cause of major IBS symptoms such as gas, pain, and diarrhea,» says Carolyn Dean, MD, ND, a Medical Advisory Board Member of the non-profit Nutritional Magnesium Association.

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Instead, inflammation causes the mucous cells of the nose to release their own liquid, although the concentrated plasma proteins could attract liquid by osmosis as they seep towards the nasal cavity, he says.

Because humans lack a suitable enzyme in the small intestine to digest it, a majority of lactitol reaches the large intestine, where it then becomes fermentable to gut microbes (prebiotic) and can pull water into the gut by osmosis, causing a laxative effect.

It's hard to imagine that the teachers are so talented that they can cause their students to learn through osmosis.

This occurs when certain substances cause excess water to be retained or drawn into the bowels based on the principles of osmosis.