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Researchers have long known that diet exerts a profound influence on health, including the risk of developing cancer. A new…

By now, Ora Larson recognizes what’s happening. “It feels like you’re shaking inside,” she said. “I’m speeded up. I’m anxious.”…

A major sugar company has been accused of harmful environmental practices while claiming to be a leader in the fight…

Gut microbes that were thought to feed exclusively on dietary fiber also get fed sugar from our guts, from which…

It’s not a bad thing to watch your sugar. It’s also not bad to have a sweet treat in moderation.…

Our guts are home to trillions of bacteria, and research over the last few decades has established how essential they…

If the two are almost nutritionally identical, what’s the potential upside to using one over the other? “In the refining…

A microbe found in the lower part of the gut that is associated with good health has been comprehensively analysed…

And from the more westerly of the two docks, it was possible to stare directly at the smaller, even more…