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The Stomach Bug a Doctor Drank on Purpose, and the Sprout That Fights It

The Stomach Bug a Doctor Drank on Purpose, and the Sprout That Fights It

Medical textbooks blamed stress for ulcers. A 32-year-old at Fremantle Hospital blamed a bacterium, and drank it.

Oct 14, 2026

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3 min read

A Lab Fed Emulsifiers to Sixty Healthy Adults. Only Carrageenan Made the Wall Leak

A Lab Fed Emulsifiers to Sixty Healthy Adults. Only Carrageenan Made the Wall Leak

The additive has no taste, no calories, and one job: keeping your carton from separating.

Oct 12, 2026

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3 min read

Sleeping in on Saturday gives your gut bugs jet lag

Sleeping in on Saturday gives your gut bugs jet lag

You didn't fly anywhere this weekend. Your gut may think you did...

Oct 10, 2026

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3 min read

One soup swap shields a gut bug that salt wipes out in 14 days

One soup swap shields a gut bug that salt wipes out in 14 days

The oldest germ killer in your kitchen isn't under the sink...

Oct 9, 2026

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3 min read

Your heartburn pill lets mouth bugs move into your gut

Your heartburn pill lets mouth bugs move into your gut

Your stomach has a guard at the door. Millions of us send it home every morning...

Oct 7, 2026

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3 min read

Eat the orange, skip the OJ: your gut can only catch one

Eat the orange, skip the OJ: your gut can only catch one

Same fruit, same sugar, and your gut treats them like strangers...

Oct 5, 2026

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3 min read

Which sugar-free candy won't wreck your gut (ranked)

Which sugar-free candy won't wreck your gut (ranked)

Hundreds of reviews read like crime scenes, and the bag said sugar free...

Oct 3, 2026

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3 min read

Megan's UTIs kept coming back. The bug was living in her gut

Megan's UTIs kept coming back. The bug was living in her gut

Four rounds of antibiotics cleared her bladder. None of them touched where the bug was hiding.

Oct 2, 2026

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3 min read

The 900-year-old bean that pushes staph out of your gut

The 900-year-old bean that pushes staph out of your gut

It started with a bag of horse feed and a surprise attack...

Sep 30, 2026

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3 min read

Your run club grows a gut bug that turns leg burn into fuel

Your run club grows a gut bug that turns leg burn into fuel

Your legs get the credit after a run. A bug in your gut earns some too.

Sep 28, 2026

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3 min read

Ten billion viruses live in your gut... and they hunt your bacteria

Ten billion viruses live in your gut... and they hunt your bacteria

The most common virus in the human body was found inside a computer, not a patient

Sep 26, 2026

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3 min read

Your clean glass has a film on it that thins your gut wall

Your clean glass has a film on it that thins your gut wall

The dishwasher step nobody skips... and the one cap you can leave empty tonight

Sep 25, 2026

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3 min read

The weedkiller on your oats picks off your good gut bugs first

The weedkiller on your oats picks off your good gut bugs first

It goes on purpose, days before the combine shows up...

Sep 23, 2026

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3 min read

Your triple-washed salad shows up almost sterile

Your triple-washed salad shows up almost sterile

The bag is cleaner than you think. And that is the problem...

Sep 21, 2026

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3 min read

Ranked: your bread shelf, worst to best for bloating

Ranked: your bread shelf, worst to best for bloating

The gluten may be innocent. The clock is not...

Sep 19, 2026

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3 min read

Curtis lost his gallbladder and got a 30-minute bathroom clock

Curtis lost his gallbladder and got a 30-minute bathroom clock

His doctor called it IBS. Nobody checked the fluid his liver still makes every day...

Sep 18, 2026

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4 min read

The 2-inch organ that refills your gut after a stomach bug

The 2-inch organ that refills your gut after a stomach bug

A hundred years ago this October it killed the world's greatest escape artist...

Sep 16, 2026

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3 min read

Eat one carb with your protein shake and the rotten-egg gas stops

Eat one carb with your protein shake and the rotten-egg gas stops

Your small intestine misses some of every scoop. Sulfur-breathing bacteria get the rest.

Sep 14, 2026

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3 min read

The one bug healthy guts share — and it isn't in any probiotic

The one bug healthy guts share — and it isn't in any probiotic

Nobody has ever grown it, and no bottle on the shelf contains it...

Sep 13, 2026

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3 min read

Drop this 20-second habit and get your walk's blood-pressure payoff back

Drop this 20-second habit and get your walk's blood-pressure payoff back

Two rinses a day. One thing you'd never guess they wash away...

Sep 11, 2026

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3 min read

The goo in your dressing hired a stranger to live in your gut

The goo in your dressing hired a stranger to live in your gut

Flip over a bottle of ranch — line three is grown in a vat...

Sep 9, 2026

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3 min read

Whole almonds feed your gut bugs. Almond flour feeds only you

Whole almonds feed your gut bugs. Almond flour feeds only you

Same nut, same label, same 46 almonds — and one of them leaves your bacteria a bare table...

Sep 7, 2026

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3 min read

The frying pan makes your chicken 9× harder on your gut

The frying pan makes your chicken 9× harder on your gut

Grab one chicken breast and cook it two ways — your gut already knows which one it hates...

Sep 6, 2026

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2 min read

A gut bug is brewing headaches out of your leftovers

A gut bug is brewing headaches out of your leftovers

A reader ate the sauerkraut we recommended... and her face went hot and red.

Sep 4, 2026

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3 min read

Elvis's colon was 2× normal size — one free habit keeps yours clean

Elvis's colon was 2× normal size — one free habit keeps yours clean

His own doctor said the pills didn't kill Elvis...

Sep 2, 2026

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3 min read

Your gut makes its own Ozempic — for free

Your gut makes its own Ozempic — for free

By now you know someone on the shot...

Aug 31, 2026

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2 min read

Drunk with no drink: the gut bug behind fatty liver

Drunk with no drink: the gut bug behind fatty liver

One bagel, and an hour later your head spins — zero booze in your glass...

Aug 30, 2026

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3 min read

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

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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2 min read

The tasteless filler feeding the bad bugs in your gut

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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3 min read

The salad sugar bad gut bugs can't eat

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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3 min read

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

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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3 min read

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

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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3 min read

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

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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3 min read

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

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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2 min read

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

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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2 min read

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

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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2 min read

The 70% rule that turns chocolate into gut food

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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2 min read

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

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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2 min read

The blue muffin that grades your gut

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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2 min read

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

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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2 min read

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

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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2 min read

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

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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2 min read

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

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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2 min read

Your "zero sugar" can is talking to your gut

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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2 min read

Check your almond milk for this gut-wall stripper

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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2 min read

Your yogurt has 3 microbes. This cup has 60

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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2 min read

Why your after-dinner couch is bloating you

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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2 min read

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

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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2 min read

A Bullet Left A Hole In His Gut That Never Closed

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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2 min read

Your diet soda is wrecking your blood sugar

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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2 min read

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