The brain link between coffee and cannabis

In a new study, researchers dissect the metabolic interactions of coffee within the human body. They find an unexpected link with cannabis.

Digital microbes for munching yourself healthy

Hundreds of different bacterial species live in the human gut, helping us to digest our food.

Researchers develop new framework for human nutrition

Existing models for measuring health impacts of the human diet are limiting our capacity to solve obesity and its related health problems, claim two of the world’s leading nutritional scientists in…

UT Southwestern study finds sensing mechanism in food poisoning bug

UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have uncovered a mechanism that a type of pathogenic bacteria found in shellfish use to sense when they are in the human gut, where they release toxins…

Food’s transit time is a key factor in digestive health

The time it takes for ingested food to travel through the human gut – also called transit time – affects the amount of harmful degradation products produced along the way.

Mini-intestine grown in a test tube for nutritional research

Organoids just a quarter of a millimeter across exhibit functions of the human intestine.Research efforts on the intestine have increased in recent years.

Vitamin D status related to immune response to HIV-1

Vitamin D plays an important part in the human immune response and deficiency can leave individuals less able to fight infections like HIV-1.

TGen led study points towards new strategies for stopping the spread of Staph and MRSA

Twin study suggests that bacteria of the human nose are not genetically predetermined and that some nasal bacteria may protect against MRSAStaphylococcus aureus — better known as Staph — is a…

Organically grown foods may offer greater health and safety than foods conventionally grown

Scientists have long recognized the dangers of cadmium (Cd) exposure to the human body.

Clasado Announces Positive Results Of Clinical Study Of Bimuno® For Metabolic Syndrome

Clasado, the manufacturers and suppliers of Bimuno®, a unique trans-galactooligosaccharide prebiotic, have announced the results of a clinical study on the use of the Bimuno (B-GOS) to alter bacteria in the human gastrointestinal tract as a candidate to help prevent and manage Metabolic Syndrome…

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