The digestive system is a complex group of organs which continues to reveal new secrets. Research in this area has been growing over the last 20 years, as scientists try to improve their understanding of how it functions. At the end of the 1990s, it was suggested that the stomach...
History has a habit of repeating itself. Just like coeliac disease and fibromyalgia before it, gluten sensitivity has attracted scepticism from certain health professionals, who are firmly convinced it amounts to nothing more than collective hysteria. For them, the reason that thousands of people have chosen to ‘go gluten-free’ is...
The subject of extensive research in recent years, gut flora is now recognised as playing many roles within the body. Yet studies increasingly warn of the risks of dysbiosis - an imbalance in this intestinal flora - which prevents microbiota from fulfilling its normal functions and promotes the development of...
Saccharomyces boulardii is a non-pathogenic, probiotic yeast. It has a decades-long history of use in Europe as an anti-diarrhoea treatment, where it is used for preventing diarrhoea associated with antibiotic treatment or nasogastric feeding, as well as for treating Clostridium difficile-induced acute diarrhoea in adults and children, and chronic diarrhoea...
A patented, molecular combination of L-carnosine and zinc bound by chelation (hereafter referred to as Zinc-carnosine complex) has been extensively studied in Japan both for its ability to boost mucus secretion and for its antioxidant effects. It is used there for treating gastric problems such as ulcers, dyspepsia and Helicobacter...