Clear, research-informed reads on how your gut works and how to take better care of it.
Celiac disease, gluten sensitivity, and fructans can all make bread hurt, and figuring out which one you have is harder than it sounds.
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The four letters everyone gives you, and what the people who used to recommend them say now.
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Most people answer this by cutting out dairy and seeing how they feel. Here is what that test can prove, and what it can't.
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Pain after eating is common, and usually not serious. But the cause matters, because the fix for eating too fast is nothing like the fix for reflux or lactose.
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An elimination diet is a short-term test to find a food that's bothering you, not a way to eat less.
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The habits that help your gut are boring and cheap, starting with fiber and lots of different plants. The $40 cleanse isn't one of them.
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Leaky gut gets blamed for almost everything, and there's a supplement for it around every corner.
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Seed oils are the internet's favorite villain right now. Most of the fear doesn't survive a look at the research, but a few smaller concerns actually do.
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No food is going to wreck your gut on its own, but some make its life harder than others. These are the ones worth going easy on, and what to reach for instead.
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There's no magic superfood for your gut, but plenty of ordinary ones help. These are the ten worth reaching for, and what each one actually does down there.
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Probiotics are a huge business built on one promise: swallow the good bacteria, fix your gut.
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Almost everyone gets bloated. Here's why that too-full feeling happens and how to make it go away.
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