When food expires, it is important to dispose of it. That is especially true with canned foods, as certain products can become dangerous, if not deadly, after they expire.

Bile Esculin Agar (BEA) is a smart medium for detecting Enterococcus, a tough gut bacterium that can withstand bile salts. When the bacterium breaks down a substance in the agar (esculin), the ...

It turns out those cellulose-based thickening agents found in common foods can be digested. Researchers at the University of British Columbia have shown that our gut bacteria can feed on these large ...

Having a healthy gut doesn't have to mean loading up on miso, sauerkraut and kimchi ...