Suffering from digestive problems like leaky gut and colitis? Consuming three and a half cups of a fibrous vegetable with many nutrients, like broccoli, each day may help maintain a healthy gut, a new study has suggested.<\/p>\n
Good intestinal barrier function means that the gastrointestinal tract is helping protect the intestines from toxins and harmful microorganisms, while allowing nutrients to pass into the system, and the study, published in the journal of Functional Foods, holds cruciferous vegetables \u2014 such as broccoli, brussels sprouts and cabbage \u2014 contain an organic chemical compound that further maintains a healthy gut flora and immune surveillance.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are a lot of reasons we want to explore helping with gastrointestinal health and one reason is if you have problems, like a leaky gut, and start to suffer inflammation, that may then lead to other conditions, like arthritis and heart disease,\u201d said Gary Perdew, Professor at the Pennsylvania State University in the US.<\/p>\n
\u201cKeeping your gut healthy and making sure you have good barrier functions so you\u2019re not getting this leaky effect would be really big,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
In addition, broccoli may also help prevent cancerous diseases and Crohn\u2019s Disease, caused by inflammation in the lining of the gut, the researchers suggested.<\/p>\n
The researchers performed a mice study, which showed that mice with a broccoli-supplemented diet were better able to tolerate digestive issues similar to symptoms of leaky gut and colitis than those without it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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