date:Jul 30, 2012
, the research team report the discovery of a molecular explanation for the increased susceptibility to intestinal inflammation from poor nutrition.
Writing inNature, the team reveal that the ACE2 enzyme controls how the intestines take in amino acids from food via amino acid transporters in particular the uptake of the essential amino acid tryptophan.
The research shows how the food we eat can directly change the good bacteria in our intestines to bad bacteria and so influence our health,sai