Studies looking at A muciniphila’s interaction with the immune system in mice have revealed that it calms the immune system down and may prevent obesity and diabetes from developing.

Here’s what you should know. When you have short bowel syndrome, a large part of your small intestine is either removed or damaged and doesn’t work. The small intestine is the part of your ...

Once the small intestine has completed its breakdown of food and absorption of nutrients, it propels the undigested parts of plant food, known as fiber, into the large intestine. Fiber is classified ...

These snakes experience perhaps the most dramatic organ transformation known in vertebrates: their intestines physically rebuild themselves after each meal. Scientists have now mapped this remarkable ...

A village council head from a village in Alwar district of Rajasthan in India attends a meeting organized by UN Women’s partner The Hunger Project, to develop her leadership skills. Women get together ...

Is the adage “calories in, calories out” true? The short answer is yes, but the full story is more nuanced. From the moment ...