Sodas have been getting a bad rap since at least the 1940s, when the American Medical Association called them out specifically in a recommendation to limit sugar intake. But now, soda is at the center ...

Good news for anyone sick of fighting that stubborn fat that piles up around our middle as we age: There’s a way to get rid of it without so much hard work. How? It turns out that ‘feeding’ fiber to ...

While probiotics are a supplement for a healthy gut that most people have heard of, prebiotics are not as well known. Probiotics contain gut-friendly bacteria to populate the digestive tract, but what ...

Here’s a gut check — new research reports that Parkinson’s disease may begin in the gut. A study led by Harvard-affiliated Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center found that damage to the lining of the ...

While you may spend time cleansing your hands and high-touch surfaces of potentially harmful bacteria, there are actually plenty of healthy bacteria that you may want to keep around. In particular, ...

From fiber-packed beans to probiotic-rich yogurt and kefir, these dietitian-approved packaged snacks make supporting gut health easy.

In recent years, drink cases at grocery stores and delis have been transformed into rainbow-colored seas. Cans of fizzy drinks — with Gen-Z-bait graphic design and bright hues — touting healthier-than ...

The soda obsession in America runs deep. For decades, sweet carbonated beverages were the most widely consumed drink in the U.S., reaching an all-time peak of 54 gallons per person a year in 1998. But ...

Learn how prebiotics, or foods with compounds that support a healthy balance of gut bacteria (microbiome), may benefit people with UC.

Registered dietitians filled us in on the high-protein foods that support gut health. Plus, they told us how to calculate ...