Quotes About Blood-brain

We've known since the late 1970s that gluten breaks down in the stomach to become a mix of polypeptides that can cross the blood-brain barrier. Once they gain entry, they can then bind to the brain's morphine receptor to produce a sensorial high. This is the same receptor to which opiate drugs bind, creating their pleasurable, albeit addicting, effect. The

gluten breaks down in the stomach to become a mix of polypeptides that can cross the blood-brain barrier. Once they gain entry, they can then bind to the brain's morphine receptor to produce a sensorial high. This

except millet and sorghum, known as lectins. If lectin proteins are absorbed through a leaky gut (which normally would prevent their absorption), they cause inflammatory reactions throughout the body, including the brain. If the gut is leaky, the blood-brain barrier tends to be leaky as well.