yogurt boosts the synthesis of receptors for opioids and cannabinoids

[nabraxas]

Yoghurt improves gut instincts

* 11:00 17 December 2006

* From New Scientist Print Edition.

Stomach ache? Try some yogurt to soothe the pain. Lactobacillus acidophilus, a "friendly" bacterium often found in yogurt and "probiotic" drinks, boosts the synthesis of receptors for opioids and cannabinoids, our natural painkillers, in gut cells.

A team led by Christel Rousseaux of the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research in Lille saw the effect in human intestinal cells as well as in the guts of live rodents (Nature Medicine, DOI: 10.1038/nm1521).

Rats had a 20 per cent increase in their abdominal pain threshold - or twice that if they had irritable bowel syndrome. The team believes the bacteria could be a cheap, safe treatment for the 20 per cent of people who get serious abdominal pain.

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[apothecary]

Interesting, thanks for posting!

I'm guessing once they discovered it worked in the gut they would've tested for brain cells as well and it probably didn't work?

[Auxin]

Apo you realize that would involve causing a bacterial infection in the brains of mice/people right?

The brain isnt built to digest yogurt

...sounds like a fresh (live) yogurt hashish "milkshake" would be just the thing for a upset stomach

That could lead to a conflict with munchies tho- eat too many twinkies and get a stomach ache, drink bhang lassi to fix it, get the munchies, eat too many twinkies.... Just like eating 2 hash brownies and then eating 12 more because of the munchies