Carbohydrates: News and Research on Polysaccharides, Bacterial

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Gut health supplement relieves arthritis pain, finds new study

A new study has found that a prebiotic fiber supplement reduced pain, improved grip strength, and lowered pain sensitivity in people with knee osteoarthritis (OA)—with far fewer dropouts than a digital physiotherapy program. ...

New 3D material enables brain cells to communicate

Until now, conventional 3D cell cultures have often been either too rigid or too unstable to realistically reproduce the complex interactions between brain cells. Researchers at Kiel University (CAU) have now developed a ...

What are prebiotics and probiotics?

The human gastrointestinal tract houses roughly 100 trillion microorganisms (good bacteria). These microorganisms make up what's called the gut microbiome.

Gut microbes may have links with sleep deprivation

Sleep is one of the essential physiological needs for human survival, alongside food, water and air. But sleep is socially driven, influenced by environmental and personal factors, and a recent study suggests it may be affected ...

Low FODMAP diet improves leaky gut in study

In a study, patients with irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea, or IBS-D, who went on a low FODMAP diet saw an improvement of colonic barrier dysfunction, commonly known as "leaky gut."

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