A new study compares the anti-inflammatory and barrier protective effects of unfermented and fermented rooibos extract on intestinal pig cells.
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Do you read the news and connect with friends while on the loo? Here’s what you should know.
It’s a good idea to let your drinks cool down before you take a sip.
When is your dodgy tummy due to eating off food, and when is it a touch of gastro?
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.
We have trillions of body clocks – a central one in the brain and others in each cell of our body. Here’s how they work with light to control our health.
Long-term use of proton pump inhibitor drugs have been linked to kidney problems and cancer.
Your biology really is telling you to poo in the morning. And yes, your coffee is partly to blame.
Your upper intestine is host to a distinct population of microbes that play a role in digestion, metabolism and immunity.
The gut microbiome plays a big role in mediating how the immune system responds to perceived threats, which include the body’s own nerves.
Pregnancy changes the structure and function of virtually every organ system of the body. That includes some big changes to the gut.
Fermented foods – such as sauerkraut and kefir – help your gut stay healthy.
Rather than focusing on single foods for ‘gut health’, we’re better off having a balanced diet and a healthy lifestyle.
If you believe the memes, men spend ages in the toilet. But they’re not always pooing. Here’s what they’re really doing.
If your gut is healthy to begin with, it will take more to knock it out of whack. Prepare yourself now by making food choices that feed the microbiome and enhance gut health.
Stomach pains are a rare symptom of COVID-19 and are much more likely to be caused by something else.
Newborn babies can pick up GBS from their mother’s vaginal tract during childbirth.
Irritable bowel syndrome causes abdominal pain and constipation or diarrhoea. These symptoms overlap with other disorders, so it’s important to get the correct diagnosis and then the best treatments.
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Associate Professor and Clinical Academic Gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University
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Senior lecturer, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Liverpool
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Professor of Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London
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Professor in Health Psychology, Deakin University
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Research Professor of Biotechnology, Head of Host-Microbe Interactions Laboratory, RMIT University
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Associate Professor of Toxicology, University of Florida
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Senior Research Fellow in Physiology, School Medical Sciences, University of Sydney
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Professor of Pharmacology, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Pharmaceutical Sciences, RMIT University
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Associate Professor at Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University
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Professorial Research Fellow: Physical Activity and Health, CQUniversity Australia
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Assistant Professor of History of Behavioral Science, The Ohio State University
