Ferulic Acid: Food Sources, Bound Forms & What Research Shows

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Ferulic acid is a naturally occurring phenolic compound found throughout the plant kingdom. It occurs in whole grains, bran, coffee, vegetables, fruits, berries, and many other plant foods.

It belongs to the hydroxycinnamic acid branch of the larger phenolic acid family and is structurally related to caffeic acid and p-coumaric acid.

Ferulic acid is especially notable because much of the amount present in cereal grains is not freely dissolved. Instead, it can be chemically bound to plant-cell-wall components such as arabinoxylans.

That distinction matters. Free ferulic acid, bound ferulic acid, feruloylquinic acids, purified supplements, whole grains, fruits, juices, and concentrates can produce very different exposures after consumption.

Ferulic acid demonstrates strong antioxidant and other biological activities in laboratory research. Human research exists, including pharmacokinetic studies and several small intervention trials, but the direct clinical evidence is much smaller than the laboratory and animal literature.

The Short Answer

Ferulic acid is a hydroxycinnamic phenolic acid found naturally in plant foods.

Whole grains—particularly their bran and outer tissues—are especially important dietary sources because ferulic acid can be incorporated into plant cell walls.

Fruits, vegetables, coffee, and berries can also contain ferulic acid or ferulic-acid-related compounds, although amounts and chemical forms vary substantially.

After consumption, ferulic acid can be absorbed and extensively metabolized. Human blood and urine can contain free ferulic acid as well as glucuronidated, sulfated, methylated, and other related metabolites.

Human trials have investigated isolated ferulic acid, ferulic-acid-containing foods, and food processing designed to release bound ferulic acid. These studies should not automatically be treated as evidence that every food containing ferulic acid produces the same effect.

What Is Ferulic Acid?

Ferulic acid is a naturally occurring hydroxycinnamic acid.

Its chemical name is commonly written as 4-hydroxy-3-methoxycinnamic acid.

It belongs to the same broad structural family as:

• caffeic acid;
• p-coumaric acid;
• sinapic acid; and
• hydroxycinnamic-acid derivatives such as feruloylquinic acids.

Plants can use ferulic acid as part of their structural and protective chemistry.

In cereal cell walls, ferulic acid can form ester bonds with polysaccharides such as arabinoxylans and can participate in cross-links that contribute to cell-wall structure.

In other foods, ferulic acid may occur in free, soluble, conjugated, esterified, or bound forms.

Is Ferulic Acid a Polyphenol?

Ferulic acid is commonly discussed within the broader world of dietary phenolic compounds and polyphenols.

More specifically, it is classified as a phenolic acid and, within that group, a hydroxycinnamic acid.

It is structurally distinct from flavonoids such as:

• quercetin;
• anthocyanins;
• catechin;
• proanthocyanidins; and
• other flavonoid families.

Learn more about the larger classification system in our Phenolic Acids guide.

Ferulic Acid vs. Caffeic Acid: What Is the Difference?

Ferulic acid and caffeic acid are closely related hydroxycinnamic acids but are not the same molecule.

Caffeic acid contains two hydroxyl groups on its aromatic ring.

Ferulic acid contains one hydroxyl group and one methoxy group in the corresponding region of the molecule.

This relatively small structural difference influences chemical behavior and metabolism.

Methylation is also relevant biologically. During metabolism of caffeic-acid-containing compounds, ferulic- and isoferulic-acid-related metabolites can be formed.

Therefore, detection of ferulic acid after consuming a caffeic-acid- or chlorogenic-acid-containing food does not necessarily mean all of that ferulic acid was present in the original food as free ferulic acid.

See our Caffeic Acid guide for more detail.

Ferulic Acid vs. Chlorogenic Acid

Ferulic acid and chlorogenic acid are also related but chemically distinct.

The compound most commonly called chlorogenic acid is 5-O-caffeoylquinic acid, an ester formed from caffeic acid and quinic acid.

The broader chlorogenic-acid family can also include feruloylquinic acids, in which ferulic acid is joined to quinic acid.

For example:

• Ferulic acid — free hydroxycinnamic-acid structure.
• Feruloylquinic acid — ferulic acid esterified with quinic acid.
• Caffeoylquinic acid — caffeic acid esterified with quinic acid.

These compounds differ in digestion, absorption, metabolism, and food occurrence.

Free vs. Bound Ferulic Acid

One of the most important concepts in ferulic-acid nutrition is the difference between free and bound forms.

Free Ferulic Acid

Free ferulic acid is present as a relatively small molecule that is not covalently attached to a large plant-cell-wall structure.

Free forms can generally become available for intestinal absorption more readily than strongly bound forms.

Bound Ferulic Acid

In cereal grains, a large portion of ferulic acid can be ester-linked to plant-cell-wall polysaccharides, particularly arabinoxylans.

This chemically bound ferulic acid may not be released efficiently during ordinary digestion in the upper gastrointestinal tract.

Processing, digestive enzymes, and especially microbial fermentation in the colon can influence how much becomes available or is transformed into other compounds.

That makes statements such as “this grain contains X milligrams of ferulic acid” incomplete unless the analytical method specifies whether it measured:

• free ferulic acid;
• soluble conjugated ferulic acid;
• esterified forms;
• insoluble-bound forms; or
• total ferulic acid after hydrolysis.

Why Are Whole Grains Important Sources of Ferulic Acid?

Cereal grains are among the best-known dietary sources of ferulic acid.

Ferulic acid is particularly associated with outer grain tissues and plant-cell-wall material.

Important grain sources include:

• wheat and wheat bran;
• corn or maize;
• rice and rice bran;
• oats;
• barley; and
• other cereal grains.

The fact that a grain contains a substantial total ferulic-acid concentration does not mean that all of it is immediately bioavailable.

Much of the research on grain processing therefore focuses on methods that release ferulic acid from cell-wall structures.

What Foods Contain Ferulic Acid?

Ferulic acid and ferulic-acid-related compounds occur in a wide variety of plant foods.

Commonly reported sources include:

• Whole grains and bran — major dietary sources, particularly of bound ferulic acid.
• Corn and maize products — notable for substantial cell-wall-associated ferulic acid.
• Rice bran — contains ferulic-acid-related compounds and ferulate-containing structures.
• Coffee — contains hydroxycinnamic acids and feruloylquinic-acid-related compounds.
• Tomatoes — a food source used in early human ferulic-acid bioavailability research.
• Vegetables — ferulic acid occurs broadly across plant foods.
• Fruits and berries — ferulic acid or related derivatives have been detected in numerous fruit-composition studies.
• Grapes and grape-derived foods — can contain ferulic acid among a much broader polyphenol profile.
• Herbs and spices — some provide measurable ferulic acid and related hydroxycinnamic acids.

There is no single universal ranking of “foods highest in ferulic acid.”

Comparisons depend strongly on whether researchers report free ferulic acid, bound ferulic acid, total ferulic acid after hydrolysis, or ferulic-acid-containing derivatives.

Which Foods Have the Most Ferulic Acid?

Cereal bran and other grain fractions are frequently identified as particularly important sources of total ferulic acid.

However, even within grains, concentrations vary according to:

• species;
• cultivar;
• bran versus endosperm;
• milling;
• processing;
• fermentation;
• cooking;
• analytical extraction; and
• whether bound fractions are included.

A grain may contain a high total ferulic-acid concentration while still providing relatively little free ferulic acid before processing or microbial fermentation.

For this reason, “highest in ferulic acid” and “highest bioavailable ferulic acid” are not necessarily the same question.

Ferulic Acid in Fruit

Ferulic acid is not unique to cereal grains. It has also been detected in fruits and fruit-derived foods.

For FruitFast, the important point is that ferulic acid is one component within much larger fruit polyphenol profiles.

Tart Cherries

A 2025 chemical analysis comparing five Montmorency tart cherry formulations identified ferulic acid and also detected a compound provisionally characterized as feruloquinic acid. The researchers noted that the feruloquinic-acid identity could not be positively confirmed against an authentic standard and therefore semi-quantified it using ferulic acid as a structurally similar reference.

The study compared frozen fruit, freeze-dried powder, sweetened dried fruit, unsweetened dried fruit, and juice concentrate and found substantial differences in overall polyphenol distribution among the preparations.

Hydroxycinnamic acids were especially prominent in several of the tart-cherry forms tested.

This does not establish a universal ferulic-acid value for every Montmorency tart-cherry product or for FruitFast Tart Cherry Juice Concentrate.

Wild Blueberries & Other Berries

Analytical studies of blueberries and other berries have detected ferulic acid alongside numerous other phenolic acids and flavonoids.

Berry composition varies considerably among species and cultivars.

Blueberries also contain chlorogenic-acid-related compounds, anthocyanins, flavonols, and other polyphenols, so whole-blueberry research should not automatically be attributed to ferulic acid.

Cranberries

Cranberry research provides an interesting example of the difference between compounds in foods and compounds appearing after metabolism.

Human studies following cranberry-juice consumption have detected ferulic acid and ferulic-acid conjugates among numerous plasma and urinary metabolites.

Those metabolites can arise through absorption and transformation of a complex mixture of cranberry polyphenols.

Therefore, detection of ferulic acid after cranberry consumption does not mean cranberry juice should be treated as an isolated ferulic-acid supplement.

Black Currants

Berry-composition studies examining black currants and related fruits have included ferulic acid among the phenolic acids analyzed.

Black currants also contain substantial anthocyanins and flavonols, making ferulic acid only one part of their broader polyphenol chemistry.

Grapes

Ferulic acid has been identified in grapes and grape-derived foods and beverages.

Grapes can also contain:

• anthocyanins in pigmented varieties;
• flavonols;
• flavan-3-ols;
• proanthocyanidins;
• other hydroxycinnamic acids; and
• stilbenes such as resveratrol.

Whole grapes, grape juice, wine, grape seed extract, and isolated ferulic acid therefore represent different research materials.

Is Ferulic Acid an Antioxidant?

Ferulic acid demonstrates antioxidant and redox activity in laboratory chemical systems.

Its phenolic structure can participate in electron-transfer and radical-related reactions under experimental conditions.

This chemistry helps explain why ferulic acid is widely used in laboratory research, food science, and cosmetic formulations.

However, laboratory antioxidant activity does not establish that eating a ferulic-acid-containing food produces the same effect throughout the human body.

After consumption, ferulic acid can be:

• absorbed;
• glucuronidated;
• sulfated;
• methylated;
• reduced into related metabolites;
• transformed by intestinal microorganisms; and
• excreted in urine.

The compounds circulating after consumption can therefore differ substantially from free ferulic acid used in a laboratory assay.

Learn more in our Antioxidants, Free Radicals & Oxidative Stress guide.

How Is Ferulic Acid Absorbed and Metabolized?

Ferulic-acid absorption depends substantially on chemical form and food matrix.

Free ferulic acid can be absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract.

Bound ferulic acid first needs to be released from the structures to which it is attached before it can follow the same path.

Once absorbed, ferulic acid can undergo extensive phase-II metabolism, including:

• glucuronidation;
• sulfation; and
• other metabolic transformations.

Human pharmacokinetic research therefore frequently detects ferulic-acid conjugates rather than only unchanged free ferulic acid.

What Have Human Bioavailability Studies Found?

Ferulic acid has been investigated directly in human dietary pharmacokinetic research for decades.

In an early study involving tomato consumption, researchers followed urinary excretion of ferulic acid and feruloyl glucuronide.

Peak urinary excretion occurred at approximately seven hours, and the measured recovery of free ferulic acid plus feruloyl glucuronide represented approximately 11% to 25% of the amount consumed.

This demonstrated that food-derived ferulic acid can be absorbed and metabolized in humans.

It did not establish that tomato consumption or ferulic acid produces a specific clinical health outcome.

Ferulic Acid & the Gut Microbiome

The gut microbiome becomes particularly important when ferulic acid is bound to dietary fiber.

In cereal grains, intestinal microorganisms can contribute to breakdown of plant-cell-wall material and release or transformation of phenolic compounds that escaped digestion in the small intestine.

Microbial metabolism can also produce additional aromatic metabolites that may subsequently be absorbed.

The extent of these transformations can depend on:

• food structure;
• degree of processing;
• amount and type of fiber;
• ferulic-acid binding;
• individual gut microbiota; and
• other components of the diet.

This is another reason why total ferulic acid measured chemically in a food is not identical to human systemic exposure.

Ferulic Acid & Human Research: What Has Been Studied?

Blood Lipids & Inflammatory Biomarkers

One randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial included 48 adults with hyperlipidemia.

Participants received either placebo or 1,000 mg of isolated ferulic acid per day for six weeks.

The trial reported differences favoring ferulic acid in several measured outcomes, including total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, triglycerides, HDL cholesterol, oxidized LDL, malondialdehyde, hs-CRP, and TNF-α.

However, several limitations are important:

• the study involved only 48 participants;
• the intervention lasted six weeks;
• participants had hyperlipidemia;
• the dose was 1 gram per day of isolated ferulic acid; and
• the outcomes were primarily blood biomarkers rather than cardiovascular events.

This study therefore does not establish that ordinary ferulic-acid-containing foods lower cholesterol, treat hyperlipidemia, or prevent cardiovascular disease.

Vascular Function & High-Fiber Bread

A randomized crossover trial provides a useful example of how food processing and bioavailability can affect research results.

Nineteen healthy men consumed three bread preparations:

• a high-fiber bread enzymatically processed to release more free ferulic acid, providing approximately 14.22 mg;
• a standard high-fiber bread providing approximately 2.34 mg free ferulic acid; or
• a white-bread control providing approximately 0.48 mg.

The enzyme-treated bread produced higher plasma ferulic-acid concentrations and differences in brachial-artery dilation compared with the control breads at selected time points.

Blood pressure and several other cardiovascular measurements were not significantly altered.

This study is particularly useful because it shows that the chemical accessibility of ferulic acid within the food matrix matters.

It should not be simplified into a claim that all whole-grain foods or all ferulic-acid-containing foods improve circulation.

Cognitive Research

Ferulic acid is frequently described online as a “brain-health” or “neuroprotective” compound.

Most of that evidence is preclinical.

A 2024 systematic review specifically examined ferulic acid and cognitive function.

The researchers identified 26 eligible animal studies but no human studies that met the review's inclusion criteria.

Most of the animal studies involved experimental models of cognitive impairment or dementia.

The review concluded that human research is needed before effects on human cognitive function can be determined.

That makes it inappropriate to describe dietary ferulic acid as proven to preserve memory, prevent cognitive decline, or protect against dementia.

Skin Research

Ferulic acid is also widely discussed in skincare.

This literature should be separated into topical and oral research.

Topical cosmetic formulations can place ferulic acid directly onto the skin and often combine it with other ingredients.

Oral dietary exposure involves digestion, absorption, metabolism, and systemic distribution.

A result from a topical ferulic-acid serum therefore should not be used as evidence that eating a ferulic-acid-containing fruit produces the same skin effect.

Likewise, evidence involving oral isolated ferulic-acid capsules should not automatically be attributed to fruit juice concentrate.

What Does the Preclinical Research Mean?

Laboratory and animal studies are useful for investigating potential mechanisms.

Ferulic acid has been studied in experimental systems involving:

• oxidative and redox signaling;
• inflammatory pathways;
• endothelial biology;
• platelet-related mechanisms;
• glucose and lipid metabolism;
• neuronal signaling;
• cell survival;
• fibrosis;
• microbial growth; and
• numerous disease models.

These studies can generate hypotheses and identify molecular mechanisms.

They do not establish that normal dietary intake of ferulic acid prevents or treats the conditions modeled in cells or laboratory animals.

Ferulic Acid Research vs. Whole-Food Research

This distinction is central to interpreting ferulic-acid evidence.

A food containing ferulic acid can also contain:

• other phenolic acids;
• flavonoids;
• anthocyanins;
• proanthocyanidins;
• fiber;
• vitamins and minerals;
• organic acids;
• sugars; and
• many other plant compounds.

If a study reports a result after participants consume whole-grain bread, cranberry juice, tart cherries, blueberries, grapes, or another complex food, the finding belongs to the preparation that was actually tested.

It should not automatically be attributed to ferulic acid alone.

The reverse is also true: a trial using 1,000 mg per day of purified ferulic acid should not be used to claim that a fruit containing much smaller, unmeasured amounts produces the same outcome.

How Processing Affects Ferulic Acid

Processing can have particularly complex effects on ferulic acid because much of the compound can be chemically bound within plant structures.

Relevant processes include:

• Milling — can remove bran and other tissues containing substantial bound ferulic acid.
• Grinding — changes particle size and accessibility.
• Heat — can alter chemical forms and food structure.
• Fermentation — microorganisms and their enzymes can release or transform phenolic acids.
• Enzymatic treatment — feruloyl esterases can release ferulic acid from ester-linked structures.
• Germination — can alter enzyme activity and phenolic composition.
• Extrusion and other grain processing — may change free and bound fractions.
• Juicing and pressing — determine which fruit tissues contribute to the liquid.
• Clarification and filtration — can remove solids and compounds associated with them.
• Storage — time, temperature, oxygen, and light can influence measured composition.

A 2023 systematic review examining wheat processing found that processing method can substantially affect free ferulic acid, bioaccessibility, and measured antioxidant activity.

Processing therefore should not simply be described as either “destroying” or “preserving” ferulic acid.

Does Fruit Juice Concentrate Contain Ferulic Acid?

A juice concentrate made from fruit containing ferulic acid or ferulic-acid derivatives can contain compounds originating from the starting fruit.

However, the amount in a finished concentrate depends on:

• fruit species and cultivar;
• starting-fruit composition;
• free versus bound forms;
• fruit tissues entering the juice;
• pressing and extraction;
• clarification and filtration;
• processing conditions;
• degree of concentration;
• storage;
• age of the finished product; and
• analytical method.

How Is Ferulic Acid Measured?

Laboratories use several analytical approaches to measure ferulic acid.

Methods can include:

• high-performance liquid chromatography, or HPLC;
• ultra-performance liquid chromatography, or UPLC;
• liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry;
• tandem mass spectrometry;
• gas chromatography following appropriate sample preparation; and
• hydrolysis procedures designed to release bound ferulic acid.

The preparation of the sample is particularly important.

If a laboratory measures only freely extractable ferulic acid, it can report a much lower value than a method that hydrolyzes ester bonds and includes bound fractions.

A number reported as “total ferulic acid” should therefore not automatically be compared with a number representing only free ferulic acid.

Is Ferulic Acid Safe?

Ferulic acid occurs naturally in commonly consumed grains, fruits, vegetables, coffee, and other plant foods.

Ordinary dietary exposure should be distinguished from concentrated isolated-ferulic-acid supplements.

Human intervention studies have used supplemental doses ranging from hundreds of milligrams to approximately one gram per day in specific research settings.

Those experimental doses are not general intake recommendations.

Long-term human safety information for high-dose isolated ferulic acid is much more limited than ordinary dietary exposure data.

People considering concentrated ferulic-acid supplements—particularly those who are pregnant, breastfeeding, managing a medical condition, or taking medications—should discuss individual questions with an appropriate healthcare professional.

Frequently Asked Questions About Ferulic Acid

How to Evaluate Ferulic Acid Research

When reading a ferulic-acid study, first determine exactly what researchers tested.

A study may involve:

• free ferulic acid;
• bound ferulic acid;
• feruloylquinic acids;
• isolated ferulic-acid supplements;
• whole grains or bran;
• enzymatically processed grain products;
• coffee;
• whole fruit or berries;
• fruit juice or concentrate;
• topical cosmetic preparations; or
• metabolites formed after digestion.

These preparations are not interchangeable.

It is also useful to ask:

• Chemical form — Was ferulic acid free, conjugated, esterified, or bound?
• Food matrix — Was it isolated or attached to grain fiber or another complex food?
• Study type — Laboratory, animal, observational, pharmacokinetic, or controlled human trial?
• Dose — Was the exposure several milligrams from food or hundreds of milligrams from a supplement?
• Population — Healthy adults or people selected for a particular health condition?
• Duration — Acute exposure or longer supplementation?
• Metabolites — Did researchers measure free ferulic acid or conjugated and microbial metabolites?
• Other compounds — Did the intervention also contain fiber, other phenolic acids, flavonoids, vitamins, or additional ingredients?
• Outcome — Bioavailability, antioxidant chemistry, a biomarker, vascular function, symptoms, or a clinical event?

An antioxidant assay, detection of ferulic acid in blood, a change in arterial dilation, a difference in cholesterol, and prevention of cardiovascular disease represent very different levels of evidence.

Continue Exploring Phenolic Acids & Fruit Compounds

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Scientific References & Sources

The following publications are provided so readers can examine ferulic-acid chemistry, food sources, free and bound forms, processing, absorption, metabolism, and human research. Findings involving isolated ferulic acid, grains, fruits, supplements, topical formulations, metabolites, biomarkers, or specific populations should not automatically be applied to another preparation or to a FruitFast product.

1. Zhao Z, Moghadasian MH. Chemistry, natural sources, dietary intake and pharmacokinetic properties of ferulic acid: A review. Food Chemistry. 2008;109(4):691-702. doi:10.1016/j.foodchem.2008.02.039. PMID: 26049981.

2. Veras KS, Fachel FNS, de Araújo BV, Teixeira HF, Koester LS. Oral Pharmacokinetics of Hydroxycinnamic Acids: An Updated Review. Pharmaceutics. 2022;14(12):2663. doi:10.3390/pharmaceutics14122663. PMID: 36559157.

3. Di Pede G, Mena P, Bresciani L, et al. A Systematic Review and Comprehensive Evaluation of Human Intervention Studies to Unravel the Bioavailability of Hydroxycinnamic Acids. Antioxidants & Redox Signaling. 2024;40(7-9):510-541. doi:10.1089/ars.2023.0254. PMID: 37382416.

4. Bourne LC, Rice-Evans C. Bioavailability of ferulic acid. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 1998;253(2):222-227. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1998.9681. PMID: 9878519.

5. Turner AL, Michaelson LV, Shewry PR, Lovegrove A, Spencer JPE. Increased bioavailability of phenolic acids and enhanced vascular function following intake of feruloyl esterase-processed high fibre bread: A randomized, controlled, single blind, crossover human intervention trial. Clinical Nutrition. 2021;40(3):788-795. doi:10.1016/j.clnu.2020.07.026. PMID: 33077275.

6. Bumrungpert A, Lilitchan S, Tuntipopipat S, Tirawanchai N, Komindr S. Ferulic Acid Supplementation Improves Lipid Profiles, Oxidative Stress, and Inflammatory Status in Hyperlipidemic Subjects: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial. Nutrients. 2018;10(6):713. doi:10.3390/nu10060713. PMID: 29865227.

7. Karademir Y, Mackie A, Tuohy K, Dye L. Effects of Ferulic Acid on Cognitive Function: A Systematic Review. Molecular Nutrition & Food Research. 2024;68(13):e2300526. doi:10.1002/mnfr.202300526. PMID: 38342596.

8. Han H, Dye L, Mackie A. The impact of processing on the release and antioxidant capacity of ferulic acid from wheat: A systematic review. Food Research International. 2023;164:112371. doi:10.1016/j.foodres.2022.112371. PMID: 36737957.

9. Feliciano RP, Mills CE, Istas G, Heiss C, Rodriguez-Mateos A. Absorption, Metabolism and Excretion of Cranberry (Poly)phenols in Humans: A Dose Response Study and Assessment of Inter-Individual Variability. Nutrients. 2017;9(3):268. doi:10.3390/nu9030268. PMID: 28287476.

10. Jawad M, Talcott ST, Hillman AR, Brannan RG. A Comprehensive Polyphenolic Characterization of Five Montmorency Tart Cherry (Prunus cerasus L.) Product Formulations. Foods. 2025;14(7):1154. doi:10.3390/foods14071154. PMID: 40238295.

About This Guide

This page is provided for general educational purposes. Research involving ferulic acid, ferulic-acid derivatives, free or bound forms, isolated compounds, whole foods, grains, berries, juices, concentrates, supplements, topical preparations, metabolites, biomarkers, or specific study populations should not be assumed to establish the same effect for another food, product, or individual.

References to ferulic acid found in fruits or fruit preparations describe compounds reported in the material actually studied and should not be interpreted as quantitative claims about a FruitFast finished product unless that product has been specifically analyzed.

Descriptions of experimental antioxidant, inflammatory, metabolic, cardiovascular, neurological, skin, or other biological activity should not be interpreted as claims that a FruitFast product produces those effects.

This information is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease and should not be interpreted as medical advice.