When it comes to digestion, several myths have proliferated over the years. One says the body can't digest chewing gum, another that beans cause more gas and bloating than other foods, and perhaps the ...

Certain common behaviours can significantly lower how much of the vitamins and minerals you consume actually get into your ...

Pictures show small intestinal villi from wild type (top) and enterocyte-specific DARS2 knockout mice (bottom) stained for PLIN2 (yellow), TGN38 (red), E-cadherin (green) and DNA (DAPI, blue). The ...

When you're tucking into one of your favorite foods — perhaps a steaming bowl of ramen or spectacularly cheesy slice of pizza — you're probably not thinking about the journey each morsel is about to ...

A new study found that adding a little oil to kale dramatically boosts the body's absorption of carotenoids, nutrients that ...

Amla, the Indian gooseberry, offers diverse nutritional benefits depending on its form. While fresh juice provides rapid absorption of vitamin C, achaar, despite lower vitamin C, aids fat-soluble ...

That ice-cold smoothie might be giving you the healthy breakfast you planned, but it could also be creating digestive chaos you never connected to temperature. Your digestive system operates at a very ...