Ninety nine percent of gases produced in the gastrointestinal tract are odourless. They include hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide and methane. The 1% of gases that smell bad include ammonia, ...

To most people, calories are the North Star of nutrition: a rigid quantity assigned to each and every food that never wavers or changes. Two individuals who eat the exact same thing in the exact same ...

When the digestive system fails to absorb fructose, the lingering sugar disrupts the gut microbiome. A recent study reveals this bacterial shift sparks low-grade, body-wide inflammation that can alter ...