Discover why avocado might upset your stomach, including FODMAP intolerance, latex fruit syndrome, and an avocado allergy, and when to see a doctor about your symptoms.

At-home gut microbiome tests are trending, selling insights to the curious, empowerment to the chronically ill and a claimed ...

Synchronization abounds in nature: from the flashing lights of fireflies to the movement of fish wriggling through the ocean, ...

Researchers in Japan have completed the first human trial of a groundbreaking method that may allow people to absorb oxygen ...

If Oktoberfest brings links to your plate, there’s more to know about the meat- and vegetable-based casings they’re stuffed into. By Katherine Kornei Humans have been making sausages for thousands of ...

Coeliac disease is characterised by immune-mediated damage to the small intestine in response to dietary gluten in genetically predisposed individuals. Increased intestinal permeability is a central ...

Tissue epithelia maintain their lineage identity under normal conditions but occasionally undergo ‘reprogramming’ into another lineage—a phenomenon known as metaplasia. Notable examples include ...

Both irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) affect the digestive tract. Both conditions cause some similar symptoms, including abdominal pain, bloating, ...

Intestinal regeneration in H. glaberrima. (A) Schematic view of normal and regenerating tissues as viewed in cross sections of normal and regenerating intestines. After evisceration (1hr) the tip of ...

Introduction: The objective of this study was to evaluate the influences of dietary glucose oxidase (GOD) supplementation in the growth and slaughter performance, organ index, intestinal morphology ...