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“The effects of alcohol vary between people, largely due to differences in alcohol absorption rates and metabolism in the gut. A new study has found that older women and those with obesity clear alcohol from their systems 52 percent faster than younger women and those with healthy weights.”

“Indolepropionic acid increases with increasing fiber intake and is associated with lower levels of the inflammatory biomarker, CRP. The study measured serum metabolites of 110 randomly selected participants at baseline and at a 5-year follow-up.”

“A growing body of evidence, both in animals and humans, has linked maternal immune activation with autism spectrum disorder. Mothers of children with autism are 5 times more likely to have circulation autoantibodies against fetal brain proteins.”

“These experiments were done in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis (MS) but blood samples from MS patients were found to have decreased levels of these tryptophan-derived molecules that lower brain inflammation.”

“For example, oral vitamin C is absorbed in the small intestine via specialized transporters that are subject to saturation, but intravenous vitamin C bypasses the gut, achieving blood and tissue concentrations that are markedly higher than those achieved with the oral form.”