RICE BRAN COMPOUND MAY HELP EASE IRRITABLE BOWEL SYMPTOMS

A compound in rice bran may help calm an overactive gut by reducing the calcium signals that cause intestinal muscles to contract. Ferulic acid suppressed contractions triggered by several chemical messengers in laboratory experiments.

Health & Medicine News -- Scienc reports that a compound in rice bran may help calm an overactive gut by reducing the calcium signals that cause intestinal muscles to contract.

The report adds: Ferulic acid suppressed contractions triggered by several chemical messengers in laboratory experiments.

The discovery could eventually support new dietary approaches for diarrhea-related digestive disorders, although it may make constipation worse.

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