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Rachel's Gum Has a Sweetener That Turned Harmless Bacteria Into Gut Invaders

Rachel's Gum Has a Sweetener That Turned Harmless Bacteria Into Gut Invaders

She switched gum brands in Austin, and the new pack listed neotame.

Oct 16, 2026

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The Oil Americans Cook With Most Feeds a Gut Bacterium Linked to Colitis

The Oil Americans Cook With Most Feeds a Gut Bacterium Linked to Colitis

More than half of all cooking fat sold in America comes from one bean. Flip the label and you'll see it.

Oct 15, 2026

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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

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