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How a high fat diet allows expulsion of intestinal parasite worms
Medical Xpress / Lancaster University / Mucosal Immunology ^ | Feb. 6, 2023 | Evelyn Funjika et al

Posted on 02/07/2023 3:20:49 PM PST by ConservativeMind

Scientists have discovered that a high-fat diet allows the immune system to eliminate a parasitic worm which is a major cause of death and illness.

Parasitic worms affect up to a billion people, particularly in developing nations with poor sanitation. One of these parasites known as "whipworm" can cause long lasting infections in the large intestine.

Researchers have discovered that a high-fat diet allows the immune system to eliminate the parasite.

Dr. Evelyn Funjika said, "The cheapest diets are often high in fat and at-risk communities to whipworm are increasingly utilizing these cheap diets.

It has been previously shown that immune responses which expel the parasite rely on white blood cells called T-helper 2 cells, specialized for eliminating gastrointestinal parasites.

The findings demonstrate how a high-fat diet, rather than obesity itself, increases a molecule on T-helper cells called ST2 and this allows an increased T-helper 2 response which expels the parasite from the large intestinal lining.

"We were quite surprised by what we found during this study. High-fat diets are mostly associated with increased pathology during disease. However, in the case of whipworm infection this high fat diet licenses the T-helper cells to make the correct immune response to expel the worm."

Professor Richard Grencis said, "Our studies in mice on a standard diet demonstrate that ST2 is not normally triggered when expelling the parasite, but the high-fat diet boosts the levels of ST2 and hence allows expulsion via an alternative pathway."

Professor David Thornton added, "It was really fascinating that simply altering the diet completely switched the immune response in the gut from one that fails to expel the parasite, to one that brings about all the correct mechanisms to eliminate it."

(Excerpt) Read more at medicalxpress.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: donate; fat; ivermectin; parasites; worms
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Fat in our diet helps our bodies remove whipworms.
1 posted on 02/07/2023 3:20:49 PM PST by ConservativeMind
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2 posted on 02/07/2023 3:21:19 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: ConservativeMind

Guess I am good to go then...


3 posted on 02/07/2023 3:22:26 PM PST by madison10
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To: ConservativeMind

Or take black walnut tincture and cloves


4 posted on 02/07/2023 3:28:36 PM PST by Rural_Michigan
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One word: lard.


5 posted on 02/07/2023 3:28:44 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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To: ConservativeMind

6 posted on 02/07/2023 3:30:53 PM PST by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: ConservativeMind

I guess you eat enough fat and it gets too slippery in there for the worms to hang on.


7 posted on 02/07/2023 3:43:27 PM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: ConservativeMind

Does bread and dripping count? Please?


8 posted on 02/07/2023 3:44:48 PM PST by Retrofitted
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To: ConservativeMind

Wow. Good to know that I am parasite free!


9 posted on 02/07/2023 3:49:11 PM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To get rid of sewer rats just eat Mexican food.


10 posted on 02/07/2023 3:50:20 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: ConservativeMind

The instructions that came with my Ivermectin said to “take with a fatty meal”. I guess it all works together.


11 posted on 02/07/2023 4:02:18 PM PST by MayflowerMadam (Stupid is supposed to hurt.)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

I wonder if bile plays a role.


12 posted on 02/07/2023 4:09:18 PM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: ConservativeMind

I KNEW it!


13 posted on 02/07/2023 4:32:32 PM PST by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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“The instructions that came with my Ivermectin said to “take with a fatty meal”. I guess it all works together.”

One dose of Ivermectin, with or without a fatty meal, and the dead worms will come out the other end, and totally stink (from what I’ve read).

No need for trying to ‘coax’ them out via diet or other means.


14 posted on 02/07/2023 4:35:51 PM PST by BobL
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“One dose of Ivermectin, with or without a fatty meal, and the dead worms will come out the other end, and totally stink (from what I’ve read).”

I took it when I have WuFlu in 2021. I didn’t notice that.

But I do recall when we brought three feral kittens in the house they went from the traps, then to the vet, and then the house. Vet gave them some de-wormer and when they did their business for the first couple days, it brought tears to your eyes. OMG!


15 posted on 02/07/2023 4:40:09 PM PST by MayflowerMadam (Stupid is supposed to hurt.)
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“I took it when I have WuFlu in 2021. I didn’t notice that.”

Good for the kitties! For yourself, if you don’t have worms, then obviously you won’t be sending them packing on the other end. The people that I know who use Ivermectin also don’t have worm problems - they just don’t want WuFlu.


16 posted on 02/07/2023 4:42:28 PM PST by BobL
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“The people that I know who use Ivermectin also don’t have worm problems - they just don’t want WuFlu.”

But you have to wonder if the CCP/Fauci bio-weapon could have critters as a component.

And, since Ivermectin seems to be very effective against some cancers, you have to wonder if cancer actually is a critter.

Inquiring minds want to know ... :)


17 posted on 02/07/2023 4:45:09 PM PST by MayflowerMadam (Stupid is supposed to hurt.)
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18 posted on 02/07/2023 4:56:07 PM PST by bitt (<img src=' 'width=50%>)
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Ivermectin is also excellent for eliminating parasites.

19 posted on 02/07/2023 4:58:36 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: ConservativeMind

Castor oil and pine tar.


20 posted on 02/07/2023 5:01:35 PM PST by dljordan
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