While fiber is beneficial for digestion, excessive consumption of apples and pears can lead to gas production as the fiber ...

The use of magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, ... MRI may make colon cancer screening more tolerable. By Reuters. August 14, 2007 10:02 PM UTC Updated August 15, 2007 ...

Humans have been eating yogurt for millennia. Ancient texts reference its health-promoting properties. Now a new study finds yogurt may reduce the risk of certain types of colon cancer.

The colon is loaded with bacteria and acts as the body’s sewage system. Food takes 6 to 10 hours to reach the colon, which explains why it does not really matter when fruit is eaten, Dr ...

The colon is part of the large intestine, the final part of the digestive system. Its function is to reabsorb fluids and process waste products from the body and prepare for its elimination.

According to the Agence France-Presse (AFP), Yana’s examiners described the roughly four-foot-tall calf as smelling like a “mixture of fermented earth and flesh” after spending tens of ...

Many factors affect the amount of short-chain fatty acids in your colon, including how many microorganisms are present, the food source, and the time it takes food to travel through your digestive ...

A new study suggests that fermented foods — such as yogurt, kimchi, and miso — may help reduce anxiety and depression by influencing gut bacteria, which in turn affects brain chemistry.

CHENNAI: The biomolecules present in fermented rice water help maintain the health of gut cells and increase gene expression that are important for nutrient abs ...

James Kinross, a colon cancer surgeon, ... Eat fermented foods daily. Fermented foods, such as sauerkraut, kefir, and kombucha, contain probiotics, the "good" bacteria that live in the gut.

In a recent study published in the JAMA Network Open Journal, researchers assessed whether insulin resistance and adiposity in youth were linked to the fermentation of dietary fibers in the colon ...