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Most people never stop to think about their gut until something goes wrong. A cramping belly on a stressful morning, the bloating that sets in an hour after dinner, the gnawing question of whether you’re going to the bathroom enough, or too much, or whether the whole process is normal at all. For most of...
Most people have an opinion about Melania Trump. Her political profile, her fashion, her occasional public silences – all of it gets analyzed in detail. But lately, it’s her eating habits that have people genuinely puzzled. Not because they’re extreme or radical, but because they seem almost too simple. A daily smoothie. Seven pieces of...
Discover the 9 worst foods for cholesterol backed by current research, from trans fats to sugary drinks, and what to eat instead to protect your
Most of us think of potatoes as a side dish, something humble and starchy that fills the plate around whatever else is happening at dinner. But for one population living high in the Andes mountains of South America, the potato was something else entirely. It was the foundation of survival. And over thousands of years,...
Most people don’t give much thought to their kidneys until something goes wrong. These two small organs work around the clock, filtering blood, regulating fluid balance, and quietly removing waste products the body no longer needs. They’re essential to everything from blood pressure to bone strength, and yet they rarely get the attention they deserve...
There’s a moment almost everyone knows, but nobody really talks about: the uncomfortable, sluggish feeling when your body just won’t cooperate. You’ve eaten, you’ve waited, and nothing is happening. Whether it’s been a day or three, constipation has a way of making even ordinary tasks feel miserable. The good news is that relief is often...
For decades, millions of women have sat in doctors’ offices clutching a diagnosis that felt incomplete, or received no diagnosis at all. They were told they had a condition named for something many of them never even had: cysts. A name written nearly a century ago, by two surgeons in Chicago who were peering at...
Most people think of the gut as a digestive organ. Something that processes food, absorbs nutrients, and occasionally causes trouble on a stressful morning. But over the past decade, researchers have been quietly assembling a very different picture – one where the trillions of microbes living in your intestines are doing something far more consequential...
Every year, researchers crunch the data and map out where Americans are struggling most with weight – and the results aren’t random. The same states appear at the top of the list, year after year. Some of them are states you might expect. Others might surprise you. And when you look closely at the reasons...
