The additives added to processed food to keep it fresher for longer might be having an unexpected effect on the health of the ...

The modern Western-style diet—high in processed foods, red meat, dairy products, and sugar—alters the composition of the gut microbiome in ways that can have a huge impact on health. This dietary ...

It’s well past time for our community to take the phrase, “you are what you eat,” more seriously. There is so much about our ...

A research team at the University of Minnesota’s College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences examined how a person’s diet impacts their gut microbiome through fecal microbiota ...

People have long given up on the search for the Fountain of Youth, a mythical spring that could reverse aging. But for some scientists, the hunt has not ended—it's just moved to a different place.

The microbiome is a vast (trillions) culture of bacteria in your digestive system that all work together to maintain health. Your microbiome begins forming at birth and builds as you interact with the ...

Diet is relatively well established as a risk factor for colorectal cancer (CRC), but a new study provides evidence that processed foods are a specific contributor to an oncogenic gut microbiome ...

Researchers show how mice fed a Western-style diet are not able to rebuild a 'healthy,' diverse gut microbiome following antibiotic treatment. These mice were also more susceptible to infection by ...