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“The authors of the study posited that if small quantities of mRNA were present in the breast milk (below the detection limits of their assay), they would likely be broken down in the infant gut.”

“Obesity exerts profound effects on the human body, ranging from alterations in the gut microbiota to an increased risk for many chronic diseases. Body mass index (BMI) is a proxy for body fatness and is strongly correlated with disease risk with aging.”

Consumption of plant-based foods has been shown to decrease colorectal cancer risk. For example, ellagic acid, a bioactive compound present in walnuts and pomegranates, breaks down in the gut to yield urolithins, a class of compounds that exert anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer effects.

“Preclinical studies indicate that repeated weight cycling shifts gut microbes to a configuration with an altered ability to metabolize flavonoids — compounds that usually help promote the burning of excess energy by adipose tissue.”

“Findings from a recent study indicate that mRNA vaccines elicit long-term immunity due to the presence of germinal centers in the lymph tissue. Germinal centers are small, transient structures that form in the lymph nodes, gut, and spleen in response to an acute infection or vaccination.”

“The body uses cholesterol to make bile acids, which are released into the gut to help digest fat. Normally, the body recycles most of these bile acids. But psyllium forms a gel in the intestine that traps some of them in the digestive tract, so they get excreted instead.”

“00:53:07 - How psychological stress promotes intestinal permeability through the activation of immune cells localized to the gut through the release of a hormone called corticotropin-releasing hormone, a hormone also implicated in the broader behavioral, autonomic, and visceral responses to stress.”

“When given with other drugs, sulforaphane potentiated some of the drugs' effects. In humans, sulforaphane undergoes extensive biotransformation in the gut to yield mercapturic acid, which can be measured in urine and serves as a biomarker of intake.”

“They found low expression of the angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE)-2 receptor in these macrophages, indicating that the virus enters through a different route than the primary entry point in cells of the lungs and gut.”

“Bacteria in the human gut break down ellagic acid to produce urolithins. Scientists have identified about 20 urolithins, but the most studied of these is urolithin A, which exerts potent anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory properties.”