How Your Gut Bacteria and Body Weight Affect Cancer Fighting Power
Scientists are discovering important connections between metabolic health (weight, blood sugar, and cholesterol levels), gut bacteria, and your body's ability …
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How Exercise and Healthy Eating Help Cancer Patients' Gut Health
Researchers looked at 51 studies to understand how exercise, diet, and other factors affect the helpful bacteria in cancer patients' stomachs. They found that …
Read MoreYour Gut Bacteria's Superpower: Bouncing Back From Stress
Your gut is home to trillions of tiny bacteria that do important jobs for your health. These bacteria need to be tough and flexible—able to handle challenges …
Read MoreWhy Some People Get Bloated From Fiber (And Others Don't)
Researchers studied 41 people who experience belly bloating to understand why certain high-fiber foods cause problems for some folks but not others. They gave …
Read MoreTiny Bacteria Help Aphids Grow Bigger and Stronger
Scientists discovered that aphids have helpful bacteria living in their stomachs that make them grow faster and larger. When researchers removed these bacteria …
Read MoreHow Plant-Based Foods Change Your Gut Bacteria for the Better
Your gut is home to trillions of tiny bacteria that affect your health in big ways. Scientists reviewed dozens of studies to understand how eating more …
Read MoreYour Body's Ability to Handle Sugar Affects How Diet Changes You
Researchers followed 71 adults for a year to understand how their bodies respond to the food they eat. They discovered that people whose bodies handle sugar …
Read MoreHow Your Gut Cells Balance Fighting Germs and Absorbing Food
Scientists discovered that a special channel in your intestinal cells acts like a traffic controller, deciding whether your gut should focus on absorbing …
Read MoreHow Your Gut Bacteria Affect Muscle Loss as You Age
As we get older, our muscles naturally get weaker—a condition called sarcopenia that can lead to falls and other health problems. Scientists are discovering …
Read MoreYour Gut Bacteria May Help Fight Melanoma and Cancer Drugs
Scientists are discovering that the trillions of bacteria living in your gut play a surprising role in melanoma (a serious type of skin cancer) and how well …
Read MoreNight Shift Work May Change Your Gut Bacteria
Researchers studied 240 people to see if working night shifts affects the helpful bacteria living in your stomach and intestines. They found that night shift …
Read MoreEating Better Food Changes Your Gut Bacteria in Healthy Ways
Scientists studied 269 adults to understand how eating healthy food affects the bacteria living in your stomach and intestines, and how those bacteria …
Read MoreHow Your Sleep Schedule and Gut Bacteria May Affect Breast Cancer Risk
Scientists are discovering that three things work together to potentially increase breast cancer risk: disrupted sleep schedules, an imbalanced gut microbiome …
Read MoreHow the Foods You Eat Protect Your Gut Health
Your gut has a special lining that acts like a security guard, deciding what gets into your body and what stays out. Scientists have discovered that different …
Read MoreHow Your Child's Gut Bacteria Affect Brain Health and Digestion
Scientists are discovering that the trillions of tiny bacteria living in your child's stomach and intestines play a huge role in their overall health—not just …
Read MoreHow Diet and Gut Health May Help Control Rheumatoid Arthritis
Researchers are studying how what people with rheumatoid arthritis eat, combined with their gut health and life circumstances, might affect their disease …
Read MoreSpecial Ginseng May Help Aging Bodies Control Blood Sugar
Researchers tested a specially treated red ginseng product on older mice to see if it could help with aging-related health problems. They found that the …
Read MoreHow Gut Bacteria Change After Weight Loss Surgery
Scientists reviewed research about the tiny bacteria living in your stomach and intestines, called the gut microbiome. When people have weight loss surgery, …
Read MoreHow Aging, Gut Bacteria, and Cancer Are Connected
As we get older, our bodies become more prone to cancer, but scientists haven't fully understood why. This research suggests three things work together to …
Read MoreDesigner Gut Bacteria: A New Way to Treat Diseases
Scientists are learning how to engineer special bacteria that live in our gut to help treat diseases. This review explains how researchers are taking common …
Read MoreWhat You Eat Matters: How Diet Affects HIV and Gut Health
Researchers in Zimbabwe studied how different eating patterns affect people living with HIV. They compared people eating traditional foods (like grains and …
Read MoreDo Food Additives Harm Your Gut? What Science Found
Researchers wanted to know if common food additives called emulsifiers might damage our digestive system and cause inflammation. They had 60 healthy people …
Read MoreMini Organs Help Scientists Understand How Food Affects Your Body
Scientists are using a new tool called organoids—tiny, lab-grown versions of human organs—to better understand how the food we eat affects our health. Unlike …
Read MoreHow High-Sugar Diets Affect Pregnant Rats' Health and Gut Bacteria
Researchers studied how different high-sugar diets affected pregnant rats' bodies and health. They compared three groups: rats eating normal food with water, …
Read MoreWhy a Rare Genetic Disorder Stops Kids From Growing Normally
Scientists discovered why children with Mowat-Wilson syndrome (a rare genetic condition) struggle to grow properly. Using mice with the same genetic problem, …
Read MoreHow Keto Diet Changes Your Gut and Affects Your Health
Scientists reviewed what happens in your digestive system when you eat a ketogenic diet—a diet high in fat and very low in carbs. Your gut does much more than …
Read MoreFiber Foods May Help Your Body Control Blood Sugar Better
Researchers reviewed nine studies about how eating more fiber affects your blood sugar and gut bacteria. Most people don't eat enough fiber, even though it's …
Read MoreSpecial Diet May Help Brain Health in People With Alzheimer's Risk Gene
Scientists discovered that a ketogenic diet (a diet very low in carbs and high in fat) might help protect the brain in people who carry a gene called APOE4, …
Read MoreHow Chicken Gut Bacteria Make Important Vitamins
Scientists discovered that bacteria living in chicken stomachs and intestines can make important vitamins that chickens need to stay healthy. Researchers …
Read MoreSpecial Program Helps Babies Born by C-Section Build Healthier Gut Bacteria
Babies born by cesarean section often have different gut bacteria than babies born naturally, which can increase their risk of allergies and immune problems. …
Read MoreHow Your Genes and Food Choices Affect Male Fertility
Scientists are discovering that male fertility isn't just about genetics—it's also about how your diet interacts with your genes. This review explores how the …
Read MoreWhat Your Gut Bacteria Say About Mom Depression
Researchers in Japan studied how the bacteria living in mothers' stomachs might be connected to depression and mood problems. They found that mothers with …
Read MoreWhat You Eat May Help Cancer Immunotherapy Work Better
Scientists are discovering that what you eat and your body composition might play a big role in how well cancer immunotherapy works. This review looked at how …
Read MoreCan Cocoa Help Your Gut Bacteria Stay Healthy?
Scientists discovered that eating cocoa powder might help improve the balance of bacteria in your digestive system. In this study, researchers gave mice either …
Read MoreExercise Helps HIV Patients' Brains and Gut Health
Researchers studied how exercise affects people living with HIV, focusing on brain health and gut bacteria. They had 62 people with HIV do either regular …
Read MoreWhy Wild Boars Have Stronger Guts Than Farm Pigs
Scientists studied the intestines of wild boars and farm pigs at the tiniest level—looking at individual cells—to understand how their digestive systems work …
Read MoreYour Gut Bacteria May Determine If a Probiotic Can Help Lower Kidney Stone Risk
Researchers discovered that a special probiotic bacteria called Oxalobacter formigenes works better for some people than others, depending on what bacteria …
Read MoreCan Shiitake Mushrooms Fix Your Gut Health?
Researchers tested whether adding shiitake mushrooms to an unhealthy Western diet could improve gut health in mice. They found that mice eating a high-fat diet …
Read MoreYour Gut Bacteria May Affect Fatty Liver Disease
Scientists reviewed dozens of studies to understand how the bacteria living in your gut might influence fatty liver disease, a condition where fat builds up in …
Read MoreWhat You Eat Affects Your Mood: How Your Gut Health Impacts Mental Health
Scientists are discovering that the food you eat doesn't just affect your body—it can also change your mood and mental health. Your gut contains trillions of …
Read MoreWhy Scientists Need Better Tools to Study How Fruits Help Your Gut
Researchers reviewed studies from 2010-2024 about how plant compounds called polyphenols (found in fruits, vegetables, and tea) affect the bacteria in your …
Read MoreHow Deer Change Their Diet and Gut Bacteria With the Seasons
Scientists studied East China sika deer to understand how they survive seasonal changes. They discovered that these deer eat completely different plants in …
Read MoreYour Gut Health Might Be the Secret to Better Skin
Scientists are discovering that the bacteria living in your stomach and intestines may have a huge impact on your skin health. This connection, called the …
Read MoreSpecial Coating Helps Probiotics Fight Weak Bones
Scientists created a new way to deliver probiotics (good bacteria) to your gut by coating them with a protective shield made from natural materials. This …
Read MoreYour Gut Bacteria May Protect Your Brain Health
Scientists are discovering that the bacteria living in your stomach and intestines have a surprising connection to your brain health. This research explores …
Read MoreEarly Life Choices That May Lower Your Child's IBD Risk
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is becoming more common in children, and scientists believe the early years—from pregnancy through infancy—are crucial for …
Read MoreYour Blood Type May Shape Your Gut Bacteria
Scientists are discovering that your blood type (A, B, AB, or O) might influence which bacteria live in your gut and how healthy you are. Your body has a …
Read MoreYour Gut Bacteria May Help Your Brain Recover After Brain Surgery
After brain surgery, some patients experience confusion and memory problems called postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD). Researchers have discovered that …
Read MoreHow a Special High-Fat Diet May Help Babies With Severe Seizures
Infantile Epileptic Spasms Syndrome is a serious seizure condition that affects babies and doesn't respond to standard medications in about half of cases. …
Read MoreCBD Supplement Didn't Help Blood Sugar Control in New Study
Researchers wanted to see if a popular supplement called CBD could help people with extra weight control their blood sugar better. They gave 16 adults either …
Read MoreA Fiber Supplement May Help Prevent Heart Disease by Changing Gut Bacteria
Researchers discovered that a type of dietary fiber called pectin may help prevent atherosclerosis (hardening of arteries) by changing the bacteria in your …
Read MoreCan Changing Your Gut Bacteria Help Treat ALS?
Scientists are discovering that the trillions of tiny bacteria living in our stomachs might play a role in ALS, a serious disease that affects nerve cells. …
Read MoreHow Your Gut Bugs and Food Work Together to Shape Your Body
Scientists studied how the food we eat and the tiny bacteria living in our gut work together to affect our bodies. Using fruit flies, they tested 120 different …
Read MoreTiny Viruses in Your Gut May Be Key to Your Health
Scientists are discovering that viruses living in your digestive system play a much bigger role in your health than anyone thought. These viruses, mostly ones …
Read MoreFiber Supplements Help Basketball Players Run Faster and Feel Better
Researchers studied whether eating more fiber could help college basketball players perform better and feel less tired. Twenty young male basketball players …
Read MoreNatural Supplement Mix Works Like Antibiotics for Piglet Health
Researchers tested whether a natural blend of essential oils, yeast, and a special fiber could help young piglets stay healthy after weaning, similar to how …
Read MoreNew Technology Could Help Doctors Create Custom Diets Just for You
Scientists are developing new computer tools that can combine different types of biological information about your body—like your genes, proteins, and gut …
Read MoreHow Refugee Journeys Change the Bacteria in Your Gut
Researchers studied the gut bacteria of 79 asylum seekers who recently arrived in Italy from Africa to understand how stressful migration journeys affect …
Read MoreYour Gut Bacteria May Help Prevent Nerve Damage From Diabetes
Scientists are discovering that the trillions of bacteria living in your gut play a surprising role in diabetic neuropathy—a painful nerve condition that …
Read MoreYour Gut Bacteria Could Be Fighting Drug-Resistant Infections
Bacteria in your gut are becoming resistant to antibiotics, which is a serious problem for human health worldwide. When these tough bacteria spread from your …
Read MoreNew Gut Bacteria Treatment May Help Protect Eyes in Diabetes
Scientists are exploring an exciting new way to prevent eye damage from diabetes by using specially designed bacteria in the gut. Diabetes can harm the blood …
Read MoreNew Capsule Design Could Help Treat Gut Inflammation
Scientists created tiny capsules designed to deliver helpful bacteria and nutrients directly to the inflamed parts of your intestines. These special capsules …
Read MoreTiny Viruses in Your Gut May Hold Keys to Better Health
Scientists are discovering that bacteriophages—microscopic viruses that live in your digestive system—play a surprisingly important role in keeping your gut …
Read MoreNew Gut Bacteria Treatments Show Promise for Bowel Disease
Scientists are developing new ways to treat inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) by fixing the balance of bacteria in your gut. While diet changes and other common …
Read MoreYour Gut Bacteria May Affect Autism: What Science Is Learning
Scientists are discovering that the bacteria living in your stomach and intestines might be connected to autism. People with autism often have different gut …
Read MoreHow Your Blood Sugar Might Affect Impulsive Behavior
Scientists are taking a fresh look at an old idea: that low blood sugar might make people more likely to act impulsively or aggressively. For nearly 100 years, …
Read MoreGut Bacteria Differences Found in Children With Blood Cancer
Researchers discovered that children diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the most common childhood cancer, have different types of bacteria in …
Read MoreWhat Your Poop Says About Your Diet and Health
Scientists studied nearly 2,600 people to understand how food affects your gut bacteria and overall health. They discovered that by analyzing waste products in …
Read MoreGut Viruses From Healthy People Help Mice Control Blood Sugar
Scientists discovered something surprising: they gave obese mice a special treatment made from viruses found in healthy people's gut bacteria, and it helped …
Read MoreSpecial Starch May Help Ease Parkinson's Disease Symptoms
Scientists tested whether a special type of starch called resistant starch could help people with Parkinson's disease feel better. They studied 74 patients and …
Read MoreHow a Keto Diet Changes Your Gut Bacteria in Just 2 Weeks
Researchers compared how two different diets affected the gut bacteria of people with obesity and prediabetes. One group ate a ketogenic (keto) diet—low in …
Read MoreCertain Fats in Processed Foods May Make You Hungrier Through Gut Bacteria
Scientists discovered that polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) - common fats found in many processed foods - might actually make you feel hungrier. In their …
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