| Literature DB >> 7063809 |
T Sundqvist, F Lindström, K E Magnusson, L Sköldstam, I Stjernström, C Tagesson.
Abstract
We have investigated the influence of fasting and lactovegetarian diet on intestinal and non-intestinal permeability in 5 patients with rheumatoid arthritis. We used low-molecular weight polyethyleneglycols (PEG 400) as probe molecules and a deterministic mathematical model to assess the permeability characteristics. Both intestinal and non-intestinal permeability decreased after fasting, but increased again during a subsequent lactovegetarian diet regime. Concomitantly it appeared that disease activity, as shown by a clinical six-joint score, first decreased and then increased again. The results indicate that, unlike lactovegetarian diet, fasting may ameliorate the disease activity and reduce both the intestinal and the non-intestinal permeability in rheumatoid arthritis.Entities:
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Year: 1982 PMID： 7063809 DOI： 10.3109/03009748209098111
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Scand J Rheumatol ISSN： 0300-9742 Impact factor: 3.641