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Health websites say up to 25 farts a day is normal. When 25 adults counted for a week, they got a different number.

Each of the four words has an official scientific definition, and every one of those definitions requires a proven health benefit.

They're one letter apart and share a lot of symptoms. One of them shows up on a camera, and the other doesn't.

Enzyme supplements promise to do your pancreas's job for it, and the FDA has a number for how much of that job your pancreas can lose before it matters.

One protein powder's label says "Easy to Digest." Its ingredient list is where the bloating starts.

Celiac disease isn't an allergy, and it isn't a sensitivity. It's your immune system going after your own small intestine every time gluten shows up.

A chart from 1997 still decides how doctors describe your poop, and it's a good place to start if you're wondering whether yours is normal.

Bloom's tub says its greens "help relieve bloat." The back of the same tub says something different.

Reflux gets treated as a problem for adults, but a lot of teenagers get it, and most of what's written about it was written for somebody twice your age.

Ginger does help nausea in studies. Whether the can on the pharmacy shelf has anything to do with those studies is a different question.

Most people use the two names for the same miserable night, but the two aren't the same thing.

Colostrum is the first milk a cow makes for its calf, and it's now sold as a repair kit for your gut lining. A handful of small trials have tested that.