While we’ve been aware of how gluten can negatively impact the digestive tract and body mass, New Zealand scientists have now identified for the first time that it can also cause brain inflammation.

On a study with mice, the scientists found that animals consuming a 4.5% gluten diet experienced inflammation in the hypothalamic region of the brain, an area that plays an integral role in metabolic functions such as blood sugar regulation.

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“Mice are an excellent model to study human physiology,” said lead researcher Alex Tups, an associate professor at the University of Otago. “They have a very similar circulatory, reproductive, digestive, hormonal and nervous system.

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