The gut microbiome can aid sleep, but good sleep can also protect the but microbiome.
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If the gut microbiome is disturbed, it could jeopardise our gut health.
Bloating, discomfort, constipation and diarrhoea can be common problems for travellers.
A growing body of research shows the gut microbiome may influence heart disease risk.
Poo anxiety, bashful bowels, shy bowel syndrome: they’re all terms for what’s medically known as parcopresis.
Want better sleep? Start by fixing your gut microbiome.
Two-thirds of the UK’s population eat less than one portion of beans each week.
Studies show women are twice as likely as men to have irritable bowel syndrome.
Kiwifruit, mineral water and rye bread are in. A high-fibre diet is out. Here’s what’s behind new advice to treat long-term constipation.
This small organ in our intestines plays a major role in regulating gut microbiome.
Before making changes to your diet, it’s a good idea to speak to your doctor or a qualified dietitian to make sure you don’t miss out on important nutrients.
You can buy probiotics and prebiotics at the supermarket or pharmacy. But do they help your gut? Or are we better off eating fermented food such as cheese or kimchi?
Because vitamin D plays a crucial role in many aspects of health and growth, inadequate levels can put children at risk of developing chronic disease early on.
There’s no firm evidence eating eggs causes constipation. In fact, eggs may have the opposite effect. Here’s what’s really going on in your gut.
If you aren’t sure how fast your gut is moving, the ‘sweetcorn test’ is one way to figure it out.
While 30 is a meaningful target, small, sustainable changes will also have a lasting impact on health.
Diet plays an important role in human health, but how it does so — especially among those with gastrointestinal diseases — becomes complicated by the emotional and psychological aspects of eating.
Increasing clinical evidence links changes in the composition of the gut microbiome to the development of various skin diseases such as eczema.
From improving our gut microbiome to brain function, healthy and nutritious soil has lots of human health benefits.
Elvis died on the toilet, possibly of a heart attack. A new Australian-led study involving thousands of people sheds new light on how constipation and heart attacks are linked.
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Associate Professor and Clinical Academic Gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London
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Senior Researcher and Lead Bioinformatician, The Oxford Centre for Microbiome Studies, University of Oxford
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MSc Medical Studies Candidate, Northern Ontario School of Medicine
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, University of Washington
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Associate Professor (Teaching), Biology Department, University of Waterloo
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Senior Lecturer in Gastro-Intestinal Health, Lancaster University
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Professor of Public Health Nutrition, Edith Cowan University
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Professor; Director, Microbiome Research, South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute
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