Fermented foods are widely used in this nutritional model [82], in which grains (wheat, barley, oats, corn, rice), grain products (bread, pasta, etc.), starchy vegetables, milk, sugar, artificial sweeteners, and packaged and processed products are prohibited and home-cooked meat, fish, poultry, juices and soups of vegetables with low starch content, homemade yoghurt, kefir, ginger and chamomile tea are recommended
Unlike CVS, GERD symptoms are generally less severe, tied to acid irritation, and lack the distinct cyclical pattern of CVS
Similarly, gamma rays-induced oxidative stress in the small intestine of rats was significantly ameliorated via decreasing malondialdehyde and advanced oxidation protein productions, increasing catalase and glutathione peroxidase activities, preventing mucosal damage and hemorrhage, and inducing the regeneration of the small intestinal cells [91]
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