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 ...

Scroll down to read more...Why absorption matters more than labels Nutrition doesn’t work on paper. What matters is not how much vitamin C or antioxidants a food contains, but how much your body can ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Scientists found that kale’s prized nutrients are hard for the body to absorb unless they’re eaten with oil. Cooking doesn’t ...

Moringa and Amla offer a natural, affordable way to boost immunity and improve iron absorption, addressing modern health ...

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 ...