Chemical digestion occurs when the body uses enzymes to break down certain molecules, such as carbohydrates. This process allows the bloodstream to absorb smaller molecules to transport around the ...

Andrea Stringer receives funding from a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Ideas Grant. There are a few different reasons for “tummy rumbles” or the (sometimes weird) noises your ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. There are many supplements aimed at improving our digestive health and it may be difficult to ...

Much of the food you eat is absorbed by your digestive system, which includes your stomach and your intestines. But some of what you eat makes it all the way through those twists and turns and comes ...

Using new technology, researchers at UC Davis and Stanford University are able to study microbes and metabolism in different parts of the human digestive system for the first time. (Getty Images) Most ...

When it comes to intestines, it sure seems like two are better than one. I asked my friend Franck Carbonero why that is. He’s a microbiologist at Washington State University. He studies the bacteria ...