“Fiber fills up the stomach with little to no calories to be absorbed by the body,” Edwards says. If you eat too much in one sitting, you run the risk of feeling uncomfortably full very quickly, and ...

Leafy greens such as spinach, kale, Swiss chard, and collard greens are among the best foods for promoting natural colon cleansing. Their high fiber content keeps waste moving through the intestine, ...

An amino acid found in everyday foods such as meat, cheese, nuts and beans could help the gut heal after cancer treatments, according to new research. In a study conducted on mice, scientists from the ...

The supplement industry is booming. A recent analysis found that by 2034, the dietary supplements market could reach upwards of $ 170 billion. Supplements that promote gut health are among the most ...

Viruses have an understandably bad reputation. But deep in our digestive system, a lot of them are quietly working to keep us healthy. This “gut virome” is an important part of the overall ...

In a study, patients with irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea, or IBS-D, who went on a low FODMAP diet saw an improvement of colonic barrier dysfunction, commonly known as “leaky gut.” The results, ...

While most of us only think of our digestive system as helping to process the foods we eat or being behind the occasional stomach ache, a healthy gut can also impact everything from stronger immunity ...

Among patients with overweight/obesity, a diet adapted to an individual’s chronotype was more effective in promoting weight loss and improving cardiometabolic health and gut microbiota (GM) than a ...

A new study has found that after just a few days of eating a high-fat diet, the gut’s defenses are broken down, and an asymptomatic inflammation is triggered that can develop into a long-term problem.

Researchers show how mice fed a Western-style diet are not able to rebuild a 'healthy,' diverse gut microbiome following antibiotic treatment. These mice were also more susceptible to infection by ...