Hadzafolket har mindre av de goda bakterierna och mer av de dåliga bakterierna som i västvärlden kopplats till tex Crohns och IBS.
Då försöker jag dra parallellen med "hookworms" att de dåliga bakterierna kanske trycker ner det som orsakar Crohns och IBS.
Mer mask i magen åt folket!
Träna Styrka (Gudiol) tipsar på fejjan
Australian researchers have achieved groundbreaking results in a clinical trial using hookworms to reduce the symptoms of celiac disease.
The results are also good news for sufferers of other inflammatory conditions such as asthma and Crohn's disease.
In the small trial run over a year, 12 participants were each experimentally infected with 20 Necator americanus (hookworm) larvae.
They were then given gradually increasing doses of gluten – beginning with just one-tenth of a gram per day (the equivalent of less than a one-inch segment of spaghetti) and increasing in two further stages to a final daily dose of three grams (75 spaghetti straws).
Fast en intressant vinkling i den här artikeln är att T-cellerna ändrar sig från att vara proinflammatoriska till att var anti. Man undrar hur
A collaboration between JCU scientists in Cairns and gastroenterologist Dr John Croese at The Prince Charles Hospital in Brisbane, this study investigated the mechanism by which hookworms reduce the inflammatory response. "In gut biopsies collected before, during and at the end of the trial, we identified specific cells of the immune system, known as T cells, that we suspected were targeted by hookworm proteins," Dr Giacomin said. "We found that over the duration of the trial the T cells within the intestine changed from being pro-inflammatory to anti-inflammatory."
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-09-spaghetti-celiac-patients-worms.html