Feeling lousy after eating a bunch of junk food isn’t surprising. But serious discomfort after downing a perfectly healthy, plant-based...

Getting the right amount of nutrients is an essential part of your diet and is vital for your health. Nutrients supply your body what it...

Recently, an infection left me with no choice but to take a powerful antibiotic for several days. I am a person who avoids antibiotics...

Support beneficial microbes in the gastrointestinal tract with these healthy lifestyle habits. Trillions of microbes — bacteria, viruses,...

At the entrance to your stomach is a valve, a ring of muscle called the lower esophageal sphincter (LES). Normally, the LES closes as...

The digestive system is made of the gastrointestinal tract, liver, pancreas, and gallbladder. It is responsible for breaking down foods...

Helpful Germs You have many bacteria in your body. In fact, you have more of them than you have cells. Most are good for you. The ones...