The stomach of a healthy human maintains itself at a very low pH in order to accomplish a couple very specific tasks. The stomach acts as the holding tank for the first part of digestion immediately following chewing and swallowing. The first jobs is to aid in breaking apart molecules into smaller more digestible bits [...]

First a bit about bread. Bread can be made of many types of flour. What makes bread fluffy and chewy is gluten. Gluten is a long protein found in several grains, most specifically in wheat. Gluten is made of two different proteins called glutenin and gliadin. When wheat flour is milled it is called “green [...]

Titanium dioxide, TiO2 or titanium (IV) oxide, is a titanium rust. Titanium is a transition metal with an atomic number of 22. It is a naturally occurring element originally discovered in small deposits in England in the late 1700’s. Titanium is a soft light grey malleable metal. When exposed to air it oxidizes, or rusts, [...]

General definition Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) has two main subcategories, Crohn’s Disease (CD) and Ulcerative Colitis (UC). Crohn’s disease is chronic inflammatory condition of the gastrointestinal tract. Crohn’s is characterized by inflammation anywhere along the gastrointestinal tract – though most commonly found in the ilium and colon – resulting in episodes of chronic diarrhea or [...]