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“The bacteria prevents the immune system from attacking tumor cells, accelerating tumor growth. The study found that bacteria that are more abundant in pancreatic cancers (including proteobacteria, actinobacteria, and fusobacteria) release lipopolysaccharides (which are bacterial cell membrane components) and this shifts the key immune cells in the pancreas into immune suppression.”

“The authors of the report proposed three reasons for the possible connection between SARS-CoV-2 infection and acute appendicitis: gastrointestinal symptoms of COVID-19 are fairly common in children; the SARS-CoV-2 virus tends to linger in the gut long after the initial infection; and the ACE-2 receptor (the means by which SARS-CoV-2 gains entry into cells) is present throughout the gut…”

“This is pretty clever because they modified the e.coli to bind to cancer cells. One issue w/ broccoli extract is that the conversion to sulforaphane in vivo depends on gut bacteria, usually resulting in different bioavailability from person to person.”

“Plant foods such as apples are beneficial for people with obesity because they are rich in bioactive compounds that decrease inflammation and dietary fibers that strengthen the gut barrier.”

“Findings from a 2009 study suggest that butyrate, a short-chain fatty acid, activates a protein called GPR109A in the colon to suppress colon cancer. Short-chain fatty acids are produced by the gut microbiota during the fermentation of dietary fiber.”

“The gut-brain axis, a bidirectional signaling pathway between the gastrointestinal tract and the nervous system, plays critical roles in human health. Key elements of this pathway are the tens of trillions of microbes that comprise the intestinal microbiota.”

“Declines in brain function are common with age owing to metabolic and immune alterations that include changes to the gut microbiota, the community of microorganisms that inhabit the intestines.”