Mice fed kefir-fermented soymilk for 30 days swam longer before exhaustion, carried more glycogen, and harbored a gut microbiome richer in butyrate producers. The findings point to fermentation as a lever for exercise recovery, not just digestion.
Nearly all of the body's serotonin is made in the gut, not the brain, and a landmark Caltech study identified exactly which bacteria are responsible. The findings could reshape how we treat conditions from irritable bowel syndrome to cardiovascular disease.
What if your gut bacteria could quietly siphon off 116 calories a day before your body ever absorbs them? A tightly controlled clinical trial just measured exactly that.
Shedding abdominal fat through diet and exercise leaves a lasting imprint on your metabolic health, even if the weight comes back. A decade-long study tracked what happens inside the body long after the diet ends.
Two spices already sitting in your kitchen cabinet may do more than add flavor: cinnamon and ginger appear to act as prebiotics, reshaping gut bacteria in ways that ripple out to cholesterol, blood sugar, and blood pressure.
A gut bacterium thriving at high altitude can switch on the body's calorie-burning brown fat, cut white fat storage, and help mice stay warmer in the cold. The finding opens a surprising new angle on obesity treatment.
You fall asleep easily, sleep a full eight hours, and wake up feeling okay. But a sweeping review of 32 studies suggests your afternoon coffee may be quietly erasing the deepest, most restorative phase of your sleep.
The calorie counts on food labels have been calculated the same way for over a century, and they largely ignore your gut microbiome. A new model from Arizona State University just changed that math dramatically.
When you start your fast matters just as much as how long you fast. A new randomized study shows that kicking off a 24-hour fast in the afternoon produces measurably better blood sugar outcomes than the same fast started at dawn or dusk.
Two people eat the same high-fiber meal, yet one absorbs measurably more calories than the other. New research points to a surprising culprit: methane-producing microbes living in the gut.