Certain food additives may interfere with your gut bacteria, causing changes that boost inflammation in the intestines.

Gut dwellers signal immune cells to stay calm and dial down inflammation.

Need to avoid gluten? Or wondering why so many people say wheat is bad? Nutritionist Naomi Devlin looks at why people around the world seem to be increasingly sensitive to wheat, and who does - and doesn't - need to avoid gluten.

The intestine has an unenviable task: to identify and respond to a constant barrage of environmental stimuli that can be both dangerous and beneficial. The proper execution of this task is central to the homeostasis of the host, and as a result the gastrointestinal ...

Peanuts and other nuts are among the most prevalent and dangerous causes of allergies in Australia, leading to the highest lifetime risk of anaphylaxis. Now, researchers believe there's something in the Asian environment that helps protect children from the condition, with Australian children up to three times more likely to suffer from nut allergies. The reason could be that Asian children were exposed to different diets, bacteria and UV.

The human gastrointestinal tract harbours trillions of microorganisms, with up to 1,000 or so different bacterial species.

C-section babies swabbed with vaginal fluid have the gut bugs of babies born conventionally, which may reduce asthma and obesity and affect their future health

In some cases, clinicians recommend special diets; in others, they're instigated by parents eager to find anything that may help their child.

New research has found children who are born with overly active immune cells are more likely to develop allergies to milk, eggs, peanuts, wheat and other common foods.

All about food additives

Gluten is the new dietary enemy. Millions of people around the world are giving up gluten in pursuit of better health. The believers say it can cure a wide range of diseases like arthritis, depression, even autism. But is this unprecedented uptake of the diet justified? Many doctors say that if you don't have coeliac disease, you don't need to avoid gluten. Emerging evidence is now challenging this belief. In this special investigation, Dr Maryanne Demasi cuts through the hype of the gluten-free

It’s no secret that lots of us struggle with food. In many parts of the world, large segments of the population are developing health problems such as diabetes and obesity at alarming levels, suggesting that current dietary policies are ineffective...

CSIRO conducted a nationwide survey to quantify the number of Australians avoiding wheat and to ask them why.

Doses of the 30-capsule fecal transplant method cured up to 94% of patients.

Hookworm larvae will be injected into coeliacs as part of a revolutionary treatment for the debilitating illness that affects one out of every 70 Australians.

From gluten to garlic, diets and dislikes are being passed off as medical conditions. Chefs and real sufferers have had enough. By Neil Swidey.

Scientists have developed a mathematical formula that can help identify which diets will best help people lose weight and reduce their risk of disease, based on the unique composition of their intestinal bacteria.

OpenBiome turns poop from extremely healthy people into a life-saving treatment for C. difficile. Highly select donors are paid $40 for each stool they donate.

In 2011, Peter Gibson, a professor of gastroenterology at Monash University and director of the GI Unit at The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, published a study that found gluten, a protein found in grains like wheat, rye, and barley, to cause gastrointestinal distress in patients without celiac disease, an autoimmune disorder unequivocally triggered by gluten.

Conditions affecting the gastrointestinal tract are common in modern humans and many are on the rise. The gastrointestinal tract extends from the mouth to the anus, via the stomach and the bowels, which include the small intestine and the large intestine (colon).