The modern Western-style diet—high in processed foods, red meat, dairy products, and sugar—alters the composition of the gut microbiome in ways that can have a huge impact on health. This dietary ...

Study finds that a non-industrialized diet improves gut health, reduces disease risk, and enhances microbiome interactions linked to cardiometabolic benefits. Study: Cardiometabolic benefits of a ...

Urbanization is one of the most consequential demographic shifts of the 21st century. As communities move from traditional or ...

Nutritionist Vanesa León reveals how fiber and fresh foods can improve your gut microbiome after 40 and support better health ...

People who ate more plant-based and less meat-based foods — whether on a vegan, vegetarian, or omnivorous diet — had more favorable microbiome compositions than those who did not follow a healthy ...

A varied diet rich in vegetables is known to be healthy for one’s well-being. Excessive consumption of meat, especially red meat, can lead to chronic and cardiovascular diseases. That is also because ...

The digestive system does much more than just process food. It constantly communicates with the brain, liver, pancreas and ...

In the jungle of microbes living in your gut, there's one oddball that makes methane. This little-known methane-maker might play a role in how many calories you absorb from your food, according to a ...

For more than two decades, scientists have uncovered remarkable links between the trillions of microbes living in our gut and ...

In recent years, the field of pet nutrition has undergone a remarkable transformation, moving beyond traditional feeding ...

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 ...