How fast is your gut? The answer to this question is important to your health
Many of us pay attention to the foods we're putting in our bodies—asking ourselves whether they're nutritious and healthy for ...
Does food move slowly or too quickly in your tummy? Gut transit time can reveal a lot about your health
Understanding gut transit time can help improve digestive health and even refine eating habits. An article published in The ...
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Digestive System
What's left in the digestive tract passes into the large intestine, where it's eaten by billions of harmless bacteria and mixed with dead cells to form solid feces. Water is reabsorbed into the ...
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Babies can't eat honey because the bacteria can cause infant botulism
Honey contains C. botulinum bacteria, which can produce a toxin in a baby's large intestine, leading to a rare but serious illness known as "infant botulism." Following is a transcript of the video.
Foods to eat and avoid while taking antibiotics to keep gut healthy, fight nausea
Antibiotics can wipe out good bacteria in your gut and cause uncomfortable side effects. Dietitians share what to eat to feel better.
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A pioneering microbiome model for the small intestine
Our intestines are densely packed with bacteria that could kill us and yet live harmoniously within us. The intestines are very vascular; they have their own immune system and regulation mechanisms.