Gut Health

Scientists find that leaky gut syndrome can lead to the onset of an autoimmune disease.

The effects of a leaky gut extend far beyond the gastro-intestinal tract. As our understanding of the syndrome increases, the list of conditions related to leaky gut keeps growing. Here’s a partial list:

Some of the most valuable tests that can help identify direct and indirect signs of a leaky gut. Here are six tests to try.

Knowing how your body absorbs nutrients can help you fuel your workouts – and your life.

Bacteria are waging a battle against antibiotics, which are overused and too often ineffective. But we can still win the war.

The microbiome is made up of trillions of organisms that live on and within you. And they can make or break your health.

Genetically modified food is everywhere in America’s supermarkets and restaurants. And since it’s not labeled, most of us have no idea how much of it we’re eating — or how much it’s affecting our health.

Your guide to making the most of your body’s beneficial bugs — for gut health, immunity, metabolism and more.

Are your eating and drinking patterns giving you heartburn? Are over-the-counter medications making it worse? Here’s how to find out — and fix acid reflux for good.

Our bodies are haunted by millions of microbes, many of which are essential to our health. Food writer Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl discusses how fermented foods help keep those mysterious little critters happy.

How the healthy flora can reduce anxiety and depression.

Eye-opening statistics about remedies for digestive issues.

Discover natural solutions and treatments for childhood eczema.

Some call it an invisible epidemic. When Candida albicans, a family of yeastlike fungi that lives in our digestive tracts, multiplies out of control, it causes mysterious symptoms and serious health woes for women, men and children. Is it breeding in you?

No one wants to talk about constipation. But it’s a chronic problem that undermines the health of millions of Americans. Are you one of them?

The incidence of autism is growing at an alarming rate. Experts are struggling to discover why. Slowly, a strange and complex picture is coming together. It suggests that autism’s mysterious mechanisms could ultimately reveal health truths relevant to us all.

Find out why some internal bacteria are our friends – and why providing a happy, well-balance home for them is essential to our vitality and well-being.