According to a study conducted by scientists from Colorado, consuming foods containing tryptophan can lead to arthritis.
It turns out that when tryptophan is broken down in the intestines, a compound called indole is formed, which can trigger the onset of an inflammatory process, which, as is known, is the cause of many diseases.
Tryptophan is found in chicken, turkey, meat, fish, dairy products and some nuts.
It is an essential amino acid that we need to grow, maintain muscle mass and protein metabolism.
Because our body is unable to produce this substance, tryptophan must come from food.
However, eating foods high in tryptophan does not always bring only benefits to the body - in some cases, such foods can cause harm by becoming a trigger for inflammation.
This is the conclusion reached by a research group led by Dr. Christine Kuhn. Mice were chosen as test subjects in the experiment.
It was in these animals that inflammation markers were activated in the presence of indole. Scientists discovered disturbances in the functioning of the immune system and the production of pathogenic bodies - both of these factors are the beginning of autoimmune diseases (rheumatoid arthritis, spondyloarthritis, etc.).
However, scientists assure that the transformation of tryptophan can take different paths and does not always end in autoimmune processes - it depends on the composition and state of the intestinal microbiome, which determine whether indole will be formed and in what quantity.
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