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A team in Japan tested 28 people's poop before and after they brought home a new dog.

Doctors in Taiwan spotted boba pearls on an 18-year-old's CT scan three hours after she drank a cup.

Plastic has been found in human poop, and nobody has shown yet what it does on the way through.

Two big reviews looked at ADHD and gut symptoms and came back with different answers.

The WHO's cancer agency puts H. pylori in the same category as tobacco, and the odds for a teenager are smaller than that makes them sound.

The carnivore diet is zero fiber, sold to teenage boys as the way to get lean and clear your skin, and only nine human studies have ever looked at it.

The Crohn's & Colitis Foundation says it in the second person: "Nothing that you did made you get Crohn's disease."

A dermatologist will tell you the link was debunked. The paper folded inside of the box still lists inflammatory bowel disease.

The official advice for teens is to skip drinks with sweeteners, and the source it cites for the gut part is a document almost nobody can read.

Apple cider vinegar before a meal is supposed to help you digest it, and vinegar's effect on a stomach has been measured.

The claim is that water with a meal waters down your stomach acid. Somebody has measured it, with a timer.

Raw milk gets sold as the fix for lactose intolerance and a dozen other gut problems, and only one trial has ever tested the lactose claim.