Posted on 04/20/2024 4:48:22 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
A team of researchers is uncovering how the juice from red cabbage, long used in traditional medicine, can alleviate inflammation-associated digestive health conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in mice, offering hope to Americans who suffer from IBD, including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.
Santayana Rachagani's team found red cabbage juice boasts a diverse array of bioactive compounds that improved gut health and alleviated the symptoms of IBD in mice.
"Red cabbage juice alters the composition of gut microbiota by increasing the abundance of good bacteria, resulting in increased production of short chain fatty acids and other bacteria derived metabolites ameliorating inflammation," Rachagani said. "These changes in gut microbiota are associated with improved gut barrier function, enhanced colon repair and anti-oxidative effects, ultimately mitigating intestinal damage and colonic inflammation."
Mice are widely used to study IBD because colitis in mice closely resembles human ulcerative colitis. As a result, the findings provide potentially valuable insights into the benefits of red cabbage juice in humans.
Nagabhishek Sirpu Natesh said red cabbage juice treatment increased good gut bacteria, which in turn triggered an anti-inflammatory receptor in the colons of mice. Moreover, red cabbage juice boosted regulatory T cells, promoting an anti-inflammatory immune balance, further lowering colonic inflammation.
The current primary pharmacological approach for treating IBD is monoclonal antibodies that address inflammation. However, most patients find this treatment loses effectiveness over time.
"These findings offer new insights into the mechanisms underlying red cabbage juice's therapeutic efficacy in ameliorating IBD," Rachagani said. "Its ability to modulate gut microbiota, activate anti-inflammatory pathways and enhance immune regulation underscores its potential as a valuable therapeutic agent."
Not only do bioactive compounds promote the growth of good gut bacteria, but red cabbage juice is also an excellent source of dietary fiber, further enhancing its potential for gut health.
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Best way to consume?
Would love to learn more about repaired gut.
Drank my first can of Kombucha yesterday as suggested in other forums.
TIA for any suggestions :)
Raw, immediately after creation in your juicer.
At least the possible “Vitamin U” benefit would be lost, if cooked.
That also requires drinking or having the cabbage, raw.
Ted Cabbage - porno actor.
cabbage tears my guts up- wonder if the juice woudl too?
It’s complicated, yet simultaneously simple, and notoriously difficult for most people. Kombucha alone is no different than the OP re red cabbage (it’s a Band Aid).
At its worst, my health decline summed up over 60 individual symptoms. I’m an expert diagnostician (I see solutions to problems of all types) and turned my skills inward. Very quickly I realized something was wrong with my gut and after some in-depth self-education found that a good place to start.
I had no idea how big a deal it was, nor the severity of my collective health (between nutritional deficiency and severe endocrine malfunction, I was dying and didn’t know it). Frankly, I was naive & stupid to have undertaken my actions without guidance of a Naturopath because I could have caused organ failure or cardiac arrest. That’s how severe my gut was at the time.
In my case, I had a parasite (candida). A full year later - after multiple failed attempts - the infestation was gone, but it took more than another year of clean eating to permit my gut to heal.
250k words later and 4 volumes of book drafts later (one volume is literally entirely about the gut), I’m still not sure about publishing due to results of a year’s worth of outreach/research; a rewrite of the primary volume is in order, but I’m not retired so the project has languished.
If you don’t have any parasites, the first consideration is when you last had a round of antibiotics, because that was likely the proximate cause of your current status.
Get tested for parasites, consult with a Naturopath, cease eating absolutely any packaged/processed foods whatsoever (including drinks), engage a prebiotic dietary intake regimen which changes up every few weeks, take quality probiotics no more often than a couple times a week and plan on investing more than a year to get your gut in line.
Fair warning: If you’ve had multiple rounds of probiotics in prior years, it is likely that you also have a parasite such as Candida and you can be tested. It is of paramount importance to eradicate fungi FIRST before addressing gram-negative pathogens.
It’s impossible to be of more assistance without doctor level in-depth consultations, hence the Naturopath advice.
The only book I can recommend at this time for gut health is Eat Dirt by Josh Axe. It’s a guide, not a solution.
I do wish you success in your endeavors; the alternative is leaving one foot in the grave. I hope what I’ve offered was at least a little help.
Footnote: It’s a tragic irony to have become an expert in a field heretofore mostly ignored by ‘M&M’ (my euphemism for ‘modern medicine’) and, to the best of my knowledge, have only assisted 3 people in recovering their health (myself included).
Fair warning to all reading this: If you are currently healthy and find yourself in need of an antibiotic regimen for any reason whatsoever, immediately consult with a Naturopath (perform diligent research) re what you need to do to recover your microbiome IMMEDIATELY upon cessation of the antibiotics (and plan on it taking many weeks/months).
Try chewing the cabage 30 or 40 chews to the point of liquification. In fact do that with all your food. Better digestion and nutrient assimilation. Slower eating helps weight loss efforts.
Arw you referring to Candida albicans? If so, that is a yeast infection, and I have never heard it referred to as a parasite. If that is what you are talking about it is very common in many people. One cure is to go on a very low carb diet. This will be very hard for the first few days as the little buggers will be screaming, more sugar, more sugar. If that happens to you, then you can be pretty sure you have Candida albicans. Have the courage to ignore these starch cravings for a week, and the little buggers will die off and stop bothering you soon. There are many symptoms caused by this critter in many people.
Probiotics or antibiotics?
FWIW, I still suspect some physical cause as I have had issues since birth but never to this extent. And I've always had trouble eating veggies.
antibiotics.
Apologies. I was rather off yesterday. (or perhaps I was testing ;-) )
I get it.
I don’t do well posting for the first hour or so after I get up in the morning.
That’s the problem:
They don’t die off without being killed. That’s why it took me over a year and multiple rounds of eradication to fully clear my body. In my case it was systemic: I grew up believing that athlete’s foot was normal.
I haven’t had a case of foot fungus since final eradication.
And yes, it definitively was parasitical.
Thanks, I do chew c9mletely- it’s just somehting in cabbage, which I love, thar causes stomach cramps, pain, etc.
That’s where it gets REALLY complicated.
I outline the eradication regimen with evolved through trial & error in my book.
Check your FReepmail.
Thanks.
Thank you for your in-depth reply.
You’re quite welcome. Despite a couple errors in my comment, I hope that I’ve been of some assistance and wish you the best in your regimen.
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