Gluten

However, meat is not the only way to acquire these nutrients. Some plant-based foods can replicate the benefits of eating meat — to an extent. Common replacements for meat are Tofu, tempeh (a soy product), and seitan (a wheat gluten). They are protein-rich and are popular with vegetarians. Similarly, other plant-based replacements exist for vitamins and minerals (Petre). They may not provide the same amount of nutrients that animal food does, but are sufficient enough to not…

Our interest in the topic of Down syndrome (Trisomy 21) started when we heard about how many people are affected by this disease. The number of people affected by this disease in the United States alone is around 400,000 people. This genetic disorder is caused when a person is born with an extra copy of chromosome twenty-one. Down syndrome is recognized by things such as short stature, a distinctive palm crease, stubby fingers, mental retardation that can end up being serious, a wide gap between…

You know inflammation is bad. But do you know just how bad it is and that it affects every single aspect of your health? Inflammation is at the root cause of all pain and disease. It is responsible for arthritis pain and stiffness, obesity, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, thyroid issues, cancer and more. Most of us, at one time or another in our lives, will suffer from the effects of inflammation. Even sadder, most will turn to traditional medicine and be prescribed medications that will only…

made me fall out of the boat on multiple occasions, I stuck it out. I loved rowing too much to let a dizzy head get in the way. Later that same year I was diagnosed with Celiac Disease, which caused me to have enormous stomach cramps whenever I ate gluten, and those cramps would be amplified whenever I used my abdominal muscles, which are used a lot in rowing. And due to the…

Crohn Disease, also known as Regional Enteritis, is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), of which there is no cure, only manageable treatments with possible remissions. It causes inflammation of the digestive or gastrointestinal tract (GI), although it can affect any part of the GI tract, it is mostly the small intestine. Most of the time it begins between the ages of 15-35, but can affect people of any age, men & women equally. Crohn’s was named for Burill Crohn, the American…

Not Only Off The Body Today the population of America obsesses with the idea to live longer that no time remains to live. The fact that reaching to physical immortality is impossible was clear long ago . Humans the brightest minds even were not able to create an immortal. Achilles , whose body except for the heel , was invulnerable , nonetheless , was killed . TV shows teach us how to kill supernatural immortals. Humans are mortal. Thus we need, at least, to find a way how to live longer .…

susceptible to allergies, asthma, and autoimmune diseases”(Bilger 5). If you take the opposite approach and try to hide from germs, “the immune system builds up fewer antibodies in a sterile environment”(Bilger). Even the simplest things like “peanuts or gluten” become “ more likely to provoke allergic reactions”(Bilger). Bacteria and Humans have grown up and evolved alongside one another for millions of years, there’s no reasonable explanation to fully segregate a population that has been…

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test to check or H. pylori, anemia, and fecal occult test. Treatment may include medications to reduce stomach acid( proton pump inhibitors or H-2 blockers), antibiotics for H. pylori, reduce irritating foods to include spicy foods, lactose, and gluten. Risk factors include excessive alcohol, injury, chronic vomiting, stress, medications. H. pylori, and bile reflux( Staff,…

I had recently woken up and was still in bed. I reached over to grab my pack of Juicy Fruit and pop two pieces in my mouth. I checked my clock and it was 6:00 AM. I noticed my covers were alongside my bed. That's weird, I mean for normal people but I have a tendency for sleepwalking so I guess it’s pretty normal. “Shoot! Dammit!” I whispered as I remembered my science project was due 1st period. “Oh no no no, C’mon!” I followed up with after I opened my computer and it started to buzz and whir…