Tag: gut health

8 warning signs your gut trouble could be Crohn’s disease, not just IBS

Some symptoms can look like a sensitive gut, but doctors treat them as a signal that something structural is going on.

How eating sweet potatoes every day may affect your gut, eyes and blood sugar

The familiar orange root does more than fill a holiday plate, and three of its effects turn up in very different parts of the body.

Stanford scientists found what modern guts are missing, and linked it to chronic disease

The guts of two remote populations still carry hundreds of bacteria most of us appear to have lost somewhere along the way.

Researchers tried three salt levels in mice: Only one kept their memory sharp

The result pushes back on the simple 'less is better' message many of us have taken to heart on sodium.

Older adults ate blueberries daily for three months, and something quietly shifted in the gut

Researchers followed a group of sedentary older adults for three months, and the clearest effect appeared somewhere unexpected.

Your gut may now be missing hundreds of bacteria, scientists warn

Modern diets may have stripped bacteria from your gut that humans have carried for thousands of years.