Understanding gut transit time can help improve digestive health and even refine eating habits. An article published in The ...

An intestinal pseudo-obstruction usually results from issues with the nerves or muscles that control the intestines. Learn ...

Many of us pay attention to the foods we're putting in our bodies—asking ourselves whether they're nutritious and healthy for ...

When bones are cooked, they become brittle and can break into sharp pieces when chewed. These sharp fragments can: Cause ...

The inside lining of your intestine can swell, giving your food or stool less room to move ... the adhesion may cause the intestine to become fixed or stuck on another organ.

Partially digested food arrives in the intestine from the stomach. Digested food is absorbed in the small intestine. This means that it passes through the wall of the small intestine and into the ...

What's left of the food goes into your large intestine. And guess what? It's about 15 feet shorter than the small intestine. Ironic, huh? But at three to four inches around, it's wider ...

Consuming probiotics through either food or supplements can increase regularity while also improving stool consistency and ...

Nick Aylott, lead bioinformatician at the Oxford University Microbiome Research Centre, explains the importance of the time it takes food to pass through the stomach and intestines and how to ...