From oats to beans to chicory root, each type of fiber acts differently inside the body. New research is revealing how fiber ...

Learn about the 30-plant rule from gut health expert Prof. Tim Spector. Discover why eating a wide variety of plants is key to a diverse and healthy gut microbiome.

Microbes are part of the food we eat and can influence our own microbiome, but we know very little about the microbes in our foods. Now, researchers have developed a database of the “food microbiome” ...

NATICK, Mass. — Trillions of microbes in complex communities lie deep within our digestive systems. Despite being invisible to the naked eye, we feel and benefit from their influence constantly. This ...

The microbes living in sourdough starters don’t just appear by chance—they’re shaped by what bakers feed them. New research ...

Researchers from Università di Trento have found that regardless of what type of diet you follow, it’s the food quality and diversity that appear to have the biggest impact on the structure of the gut ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Microbes make a home among the starch grains of your sourdough starter. Daniel Veghte, CC BY-SA Sourdough is the oldest kind of ...