The overweight and obesity epidemic has taken over the world, promoting the prevalence of chronic diseases. The common denominator of this problem is our sedentary lifestyle accompanied by a westernized diet. Life-style associated pathologies promote a chronic state of metabolic...
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Healthy Metals vs Toxic Metals
Metals in the body are essential for proper cellular function. That being said, in order to ensure the metals you are ingesting are good for you and what the body needs, you need to know whole sources to obtain them from and what each metal does. On the other hand, there are toxic metals...
The nucleotide-binding domain and leucine-rich repeat related (NLR) family, pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3) is a multimeric protein that recognizes different PAMPs and DAMPs. Furthermore, in the presence of potential danger, this inflammasome can perpetuate a potent inflammatory...
Inflammation is a necessary response, and it can initiate host defense response and repair damaged tissue. However, an uncontrolled inflammatory signal can cause prolonged inflammatory cytokines production, resulting in serious disorders and tissue damage. Nevertheless, the inflammation...
How to Boost Tight Junction Integrity Through Nutrition?
Tight Junctions (TJ) comprise different proteins that bind to the actin cytoskeleton to provide barrier integrity to our gut lining. Indeed, TJs are key assistance factors to the gut epithelium’s barrier function. Studies have shown that TJ integrity can be compromised with elevated...