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The Gluten Solution: Aspergillus Niger-Derived Enzyme May Make "Gluten-Free" Redundant - Enzyme Supplementation Reduces the Amount of Gliadin in the Duodenum by 80-90%

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Can a pill simulate "gluten-free"? The problem with gluten (if there is one, after all we are not  all suffering from coeliac disease) is that its proline-peptides cannot be digested by any of the enzymes in the human intestinal tract. Therefore, the long proline-rich gluten peptides reach the small intestine intact after ingestion where they are the driving motors of coeliac disease in 1% of the population, in whom the specific amino acid sequences of such poorly digested proline-rich gluten peptides triggers an abnormal immune response. More recently, though, studies have shown that less pronounced adverse reactions to gluten consumption can occur even in subjects who don't suffer from coeliac disease. As Salden et al. point out, "[p]resently non-coeliac gluten sensitivity has been clinically recognised as a separate condition in which neither allergic nor autoimmune mechanisms are involved" (Salden. 2015). Accordingly, the results of the latest study f...
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Forget the Blood Type Diet, Embrace the Gut Type Diet: Eating According to the Likes or Dislikes of Your Bacterial Subtenants Could Keep You Healthy, Lean & Sane.

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Image 1: You better feed them right, or your gut bacteria could will disbehave just like the Alien in Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) in Alien 3 ( 20th Century Fox ). Eating right for your type, probably is not what it takes to have dietary success. Scientists from the US and Brazil have now found that eating according to the likes an dislikes of your bacterial subtenants seems to could eventually have a much greater potential ( Wu. 2011 ) in keeping you healthy and, as the results of the joint research efforts of Canadian and Irish scientists shows, psychologically sane ( Bravo. 2011 ). Scientists estimate that the genome of the sum of our gut microbia is about 100x more complex than our own gene-sequence and the type and ratio of the 300-1000 different species within your intestinal tract have a major impact not only on how you digest your food, but also on how you look, feel and perform. It is therefore particularly interesting that Gary D. Wu and his colleagues established (...
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AKG as in Arginine Alpha-Ketoglutarate for GI Health

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For many of us, our gut is like our feet. We ignore it as long as it appears to be working properly. I think, I do not have to tell you that this is a mistake. Just like you cannot run without healthy feed, you cannot digest and use all the good food and supplements you consume without a healthy gut. This is why you should be interested in the findings of a recent review by scientists from the Hubei key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in Wuhan 430023, China ( Hou. 2011 ). The scientists evaluation of related studies lead them to conclude that the conversion of Alpha-ketoglutarate (AKG), which is an intermediate of the Krebs cycle and bridges amino acid metabolism with glucose oxidation, into glutamate in the gastrointestinal tract of humans and animals is of particular interest in view of overall gastric functioning, "including regulation of cell function, neurotransmission, and gastric emptying". Translating the basic research into practice, results o...
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