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| Benefits intolerance of Artichoke for Digestive Disorders The artichoke plant is best known for its heart, the bottom part of its spiky flower bud that many of us have learned to appreciate as both a intolerance delicacy and a nutritious vegetable. However, other parts of this tall thistle-like plant, which never reach the dinner table, have proven to be even more beneficial for our health. Clinical studies show its intolerance large basal leaves to be effective for improving digestion and liver function as well as cholesterol levels. Since ancient times, humans have looked to nature for help to cure diseases. Up until modern intolerance times, most remedies were derived from the plant kingdom, and even today a large percentage of our current pharmaceutical drugs are based on plant extracts from various parts of the world. Many old intolerance herbal remedies, however, have fallen into oblivion with the development of modern medicine. Artichoke extract is one of the few phyto-pharmaceuticals whose experiential and clinical effects have been confirmed to a great extent intolerance by biomedical research. Its major active components have been identified, as have some of its mechanisms of action in the human body. In particular, antioxidant, liver-protective, bile-enhancing, and lipid- lowering effects have been intolerance demonstrated which correspond well with the historical use of the plant. More research is needed to determine in detail the mechanisms of action for these effects. However, there appears to be evidence enough intolerance to suggest a potential role for artichoke extract in some areas where modern medicine does not have much to offer. Artichoke has a long history. Used as a food and a medical remedy intolerance as early as the 4th century B.C., the artichoke plant has a long history. At the time, a pupil of Aristotle by the name of Theophrastus was one of the first to describe intolerance the plant in detail. Enjoyed as a delicacy, an appetizer, and a digestive aid by the aristocracy of the Roman Empire, it later seemed to fall into oblivion until the 16th century, when intolerance medicinal use of the artichoke for liver problems and jaundice was recorded. In 1850 a French physician successfully used extract of artichoke leaves in the treatment of a boy who had been sick intolerance with jaundice for a month and had made no improvement from the drugs used at that time. This accomplishment inspired researchers to find out more about the effects of this extract, and their intolerance research resulted in the knowledge we have today about the constituents of the extract and its mechanisms of action. Artichoke leaf extract is made from the long, deeply serrated basal leaves of the intolerance artichoke plant. This part is chosen for medicinal use because the concentration of the biologically active compounds is higher here than in the rest of the plant. The most active of these compounds intolerance have been discovered to be the flavonoids and caffeoylquinic acids. These substances belong to the polyphenol group and include chlorogenic acid, caffeoylquinic acid derivatives (cynarin is one of them) , luteolin, scolymoside, and intolerance cynaroside. | ||
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| Gastrointestinal intolerance Symptoms There are five basic symptoms indicating a GIT problem. These symptoms are generally associated with dietary problems or specific food allergies. It is critical that anyone suffering from serious GIT problems work intolerance closely with a physician to test for the more developed and serious GIT diseases. The physician should also be experienced in working with dietary factors and food allergies. Nausea and vomiting can vary intolerance from an unsettled feeling in the stomach to the violent action of immediate vomiting. Patients with nausea and vomiting symptoms should assume the ingestion of a reactive food (i.e., food containing toxins) or intolerance poisoning with a pathogen such as staphylococci. Vomiting immediately after eating is usually proceeded by excessive watery salivation. Some chronic low-intensity nausea can occur for a protracted time due to sustained low-level food intolerance allergies or problems with food combinations. Patients with low-level nausea usually have their symptoms disappear with diet revision. Nausea and vomiting are also linked with migraines caused by food allergies (see the Migraine intolerance protocol) . Bloating can result from excessive gas in the digestive system, failure of the digestive tract to sustain youthful peristaltic contractions, or a lack of sufficient quantities of digestive enzymes and bile intolerance acids required to rapidly break down food. Intestinal gas results from food fermentation and from swallowing air while eating. The bloating from intestinal gas is different from that which occurs in the colon. intolerance Constipation is the decreased frequency or slowing of peristalsis resulting in harder stools. When the GIT is slowed down, feces can accumulate in the colon with attending pain and toxic reactions. A spastic intolerance colon results when the colon contracts out of frequency in painful spasms blocking movement of the stool. Some patients experience painful days of constipation followed by forceful diarrhea and watery stool, often accompanied intolerance with abdominal cramps. Diarrhea is the increased frequency of bowel movement that is also loose or watery. If diarrhea increases, the possibility of celiac disease is considered. Celiac disease is a serious disease intolerance that allows certain macromolecules to pass through the intestinal wall. If blood appears in the stool, ulcerative colitis is likely. Protracted bouts with diarrhea can result in nutritional deficiencies due to the poor intolerance absorption of essential nutrients. Abdominal pain appears in different patterns and with varying intensities. Cramping occurs because of muscle spasms of the abdominal organs. Severe cramping pain, often called colic, usually occurs from intolerance problems with food intakes that exhibit strong allergic response in the patient. Abdominal cramping near the navel is typically from the small intestine, and near the sides, top, and bottom of the lower intolerance abdomen, the pain is associated with the colon. Diseases associated with central GIT disorders and diagnoses include depression, migraine, asthma, sinusitis, and fibromyalgia. These diseases have been identified with specific patterns of food intolerance allergic response. All of these diseases also have links to Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) . (IBS is more accurately referred to as RBS-reactive bowel syndrome) . | ||