Lactose intolerance and irritable bowel syndrome
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Lactose intolerance has been linked to irritable bowel syndrome by recent research. Loactose maldigestion occurs when there is insufficient lactase enzyme to bread down lactose into glucose and galactose. A high number of people with irritable bowel syndrome also are lactose intolerant, which may partly be due to increased sensitivity to lactose. There is also subjective lactose intolerance in people with adequate lactose digestion, but the reasons for this remain unclear.
Publication Name: Nutrition Reviews
Subject: Food/cooking/nutrition
ISSN: 0029-6643
Year: 1998
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Rice inhibits intestinal secretions
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A rice-based oral rehydration solution (ORS) may be particularly effective in treating diarrhea by reducing the duration and severity of the illness and inhibiting secretion from the intestines. Rice extract inhibits shrinkage of intestinal cells, water loss, and chloride loss. The extract directly affects the chloride channel. As a result of these effects, rice-based ORS may be more effective than glucose-based ORS in treating diarrhea.
Publication Name: Nutrition Reviews
Subject: Food/cooking/nutrition
ISSN: 0029-6643
Year: 1996
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Identification of Nramp2 as an iron transport protein: another piece of the intestinal iron absorption puzzle
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Numerous iron-binding proteins have been identified, but it is not clear what each protein does in iron absorption. Nramp2, an iron transport protein that may take iron from the intestinal lumen into the enterocyte, has been reported in two papers. The protein mutated in hemochromatosis has recently been identified as well. A better picture of the mechanism of intestinal iron absorption is emerging.
Publication Name: Nutrition Reviews
Subject: Food/cooking/nutrition
ISSN: 0029-6643
Year: 1998
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