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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA New Connection between the Gut and the Brain
Holy Crap! The Rump Might Be On To Something!
It is well known that a high salt diet leads to high blood pressure, a risk factor for an array of health problems, including heart disease and stroke. But over the last decade, studies across human populations have reported the association between salt intake and stroke irrespective of high blood pressure and risk of heart disease, suggesting a missing link between salt intake and brain health.
Interestingly, there is a growing body of work showing that there is communication between the gut and brain, now commonly dubbed the gutbrain axis. The disruption of the gutbrain axis contributes to a diverse range of diseases, including Parkinsons disease and irritable bowel syndrome. Consequently, the developing field of gutbrain axis research is rapidly growing and evolving. Five years ago, a couple of studies showed that high salt intake leads to profound immune changes in the gut, resulting in increased vulnerability of the brain to autoimmunitywhen the immune system attacks its own healthy cells and tissues by mistake, suggesting that perhaps the gut can communicate with the brain via immune signaling.
Now, new research shows another connection: immune signals sent from the gut can compromise the brains blood vessels, leading to deteriorated brain heath and cognitive impairment. Surprisingly, the research unveils a previously undescribed gutbrain connection mediated by the immune system and indicates that excessive salt might negatively impact brain health in humans through impairing the brains blood vessels regardless of its effect on blood pressure.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-new-connection-between-the-gut-and-the-brain/
Interestingly, there is a growing body of work showing that there is communication between the gut and brain, now commonly dubbed the gutbrain axis. The disruption of the gutbrain axis contributes to a diverse range of diseases, including Parkinsons disease and irritable bowel syndrome. Consequently, the developing field of gutbrain axis research is rapidly growing and evolving. Five years ago, a couple of studies showed that high salt intake leads to profound immune changes in the gut, resulting in increased vulnerability of the brain to autoimmunitywhen the immune system attacks its own healthy cells and tissues by mistake, suggesting that perhaps the gut can communicate with the brain via immune signaling.
Now, new research shows another connection: immune signals sent from the gut can compromise the brains blood vessels, leading to deteriorated brain heath and cognitive impairment. Surprisingly, the research unveils a previously undescribed gutbrain connection mediated by the immune system and indicates that excessive salt might negatively impact brain health in humans through impairing the brains blood vessels regardless of its effect on blood pressure.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-new-connection-between-the-gut-and-the-brain/
What does this mean for a man who eats McD's and KFC by the truckload?
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A New Connection between the Gut and the Brain (Original Post)
ProudLib72
Dec 2018
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mucifer
(23,530 posts)1. It means eat your fruits and veggies and don't put salt on them
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,328 posts)2. ssshhhhh! Dumb Donnie is bad enough.
We don't need any of his salt-encumbered brain cells awakening.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)3. Remember the PDAs from the time the Rump was most suceptible?
I can imagine him at Wharton salivating over this one:
"Can I put some salt on it, though?"