date:Jan 17, 2019
nflammatory state.
For around four hours after each meal, gut microbes and their components leak into our bloodstream silently triggering inflammation by the immune system. This process is driven largely by the activation of a critical immune sensor of nutrients called the inflammasome, which releases an inflammatory molecule.
Inflammation is only ever meant to be a short-term protective assault by our immune system. But inflammation after eating known as postprandial inflammation - can be