Pomegranates provide substance that repairs intestinal lining

Gut bacteria that break down compounds from pomegranates, walnuts and berries produce a metabolite called urolithin A. New research from the University of Louisville, published in Nature Communications, shows that this substance activates a protective mechanism in intestinal cells that repairs the gut lining instead of causing inflammation. The mechanism works through the protein AHR (aryl hydrocarbon receptor), which reads...