How to Use bile acid in a Sentence
bile acid
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Why does the frog have a bile acid, usually found in the gut, on its skin?
—Sarah Zhang, Discover Magazine, 23 Feb. 2012
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This helps the body break down more cholesterol and produce more bile acid.
—Douglas Maroney, Discover Magazine, 3 Dec. 2021
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When bile acid levels rise to normal, Hippo comes back on, and liver growth turns off again.
—TheWeek, 17 Feb. 2020
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If too many bile acids go all the way through the small intestine into the colon, diarrhea occurs.
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 28 Feb. 2023
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One way is through the regulation of bile acid, which is produced by your liver to help digest food and absorb fats.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 4 Nov. 2022
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Most people’s small intestines are able to increase their absorption of bile acid within a few weeks or months after surgery.
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 28 Feb. 2023
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Fiber supplements can bind to this bile acid, allowing it to be excreted from the body rather than being reabsorbed.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 4 Nov. 2022
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Tamez never showed elevated liver enzymes, though her bile acid levels were very high.
—Christina Caron, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2020
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The bed of excrement also contained unusual levels of bile acids and fatty compounds found in the digestive tracts of horses and ruminants.
—Smithsonian, 29 July 2017
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In addition, the researchers report for the first time that bile acids also stimulate endocytosis in the small intestine.
—Houston Chronicle, 3 Jan. 2020
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One type of bacterium from the Verrucomicrobia phylum, Akkermansia muciniphila, seemed to play a role in a healthy aging process, the researchers say, possibly by increasing the amounts of secondary bile acids in the gut.
—Eva Frederick, Science | AAAS, 29 July 2019
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These gummies come with psyllium fiber, known for being an effective soluble fiber that can help lower bad cholesterol levels by increasing the amount of bile acid excreted by the body.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 4 Nov. 2022
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Without a gallbladder, bile acids are released continuously by the liver into the small intestine.
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 28 Feb. 2023
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Yogurt, milk, and cheese in particular neutralize stomach acid and bile acid, increasing the probability that probiotics will reach the intestines.
—Beth Janes, Good Housekeeping, 11 May 2019
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These supplements can help reduce inflammation in the liver, improve digestion, and support the production of bile acid, which is necessary for efficient liver detoxification.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 27 Nov. 2022
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The other two produce 7-DHC and bile acid intermediates, neither of which were previously known to be involved in semelparity—the reproductive strategy in which an animal has just one reproductive episode before dying.
—Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2022
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