Everything your gut already knows

Every fact we've ever sent, in one place.

The red dye in 36,000 foods that thins your gut wall

That bright red on your snack didn't come from a berry...

Aug 28, 2026

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The tasteless filler feeding the bad bugs in your gut

You've eaten it today and never tasted it...

Aug 26, 2026

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The salad sugar bad gut bugs can't eat

Two bowls of greens look the same. One feeds your good bugs a private meal...

Aug 24, 2026

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Ranked: your protein shelf, worst to best for the chemical your gut makes from steak

You cut into a steak. Your body takes the protein — the bugs in your colon take something else...

Aug 23, 2026

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Gary's gut is still off 5 months after a 5-day antibiotic

He took the pills in March. The drug is long gone — the hole it left isn't...

Aug 21, 2026

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A man frozen for 5,300 years had your stomach bug

Two hikers found him in the ice of the Alps in 1991...

Aug 19, 2026

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Your gut-health soda has 2 grams of fiber. Your gut wants 8

One can. Two grams of fiber. And a lawsuit that did the math...

Aug 17, 2026

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Gwyneth's $18 gut ritual — and the 50¢ swap that beats it

The A-list sips this every morning to heal their gut...

Aug 16, 2026

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Your "silky" tea bag is plastic — do this instead

That warm, healthy cup might be steeping something you never ordered...

Aug 14, 2026

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The 70% rule that turns chocolate into gut food

Your gut bugs have a favorite dessert — and it's already in the candy aisle...

Aug 12, 2026

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Eat this chocolate, not that one (your gut knows the difference)

Same checkout lane. Two bars. Your gut can tell them apart in one bite...

Aug 10, 2026

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The blue muffin that grades your gut

Some of Friday's lunch may still be inside you. Here's how to tell...

Aug 9, 2026

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Deb's 3pm sugar craving isn't weak willpower

Deb swears she has no self-control after lunch. She's blaming the wrong suspect...

Aug 7, 2026

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A Nobel scientist said your gut was poisoning you — and he was right

In 1904, a scientist told a crowd their gut was poisoning them from the inside. His cure stunned the room...

Aug 5, 2026

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Everyone's "fibermaxxing" — here's what 30 plants do to your gut

Your feed is full of people stacking chia on oatmeal. There's a reason.

Aug 3, 2026

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The "cellulose gum" in your ice cream is scrubbing your gut raw

Scoop some vanilla tonight, then read the two words on the label...

Aug 2, 2026

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Your "zero sugar" can is talking to your gut

It has no sugar and skips the calories... so why does your gut treat it like a threat?

Jul 31, 2026

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Check your almond milk for this gut-wall stripper

Seaweed sounds like health food. This one additive is not...

Jul 29, 2026

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Your yogurt has 3 microbes. This cup has 60

You bought the yogurt for your gut. It's barely pulling its weight...

Jul 27, 2026

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Why your after-dinner couch is bloating you

She ate clean and still puffed up like a balloon every evening...

Jul 26, 2026

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The "gut-friendly" bar that's bloating you by noon

Sarah swapped to a high-fiber bar to feel better. It backfired hard...

Jul 24, 2026

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A Bullet Left A Hole In His Gut That Never Closed

In 1822 a fur trapper took a musket blast to the gut — and what a doctor saw next changed every meal you eat.

Jul 22, 2026

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Your diet soda is wrecking your blood sugar

The can says zero sugar... but your gut tells a different story.

Jul 17, 2026

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