A study in post-menopausal women has found that the more sugar and refined carbohydrates they ate - such as white bread and pasta - the greater their chance of developing depression. While the study is obviously limited because it focusses on just one subset of the population ...

It’s a tale perfect for Hollywood: Faced with a powerful and destructive invader, individually weaker natives pool their talents to successfully defend their homes, though some sacrifice their lives to do so. If you have a gut feeling you've experienced this before, it's because it happens regularly in our intestines.

In this final instalment of GM in Australia – a series looking at the facts, ethics, regulations and research into genetically modified crops – Heather Bray and Rachel Ankeny explore the murky world of food labelling.

Around one percent of the world’s population has celiac disease. That means that one percent of humans can’t drink beer (the normal stuff, anyway). This was not good enough for scientist Hoon Sunwoo, who simply wanted to enjoy the sweet amber nectar with one of his friends who is afflicted with the disease. So what did he do?

'FODMAP Friendly' certification is a new labelling initiative enabling people with IBS and other...

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The first generation to succumb to a rapid and mysterious increase in food allergies is growing up and many of them are still ending up in hospital because of their allergies. Rates of food allergy are also still increasing.

Food allergies are an increasing problem with gluten, milk, eggs, fish, nuts, soya, celery and sulfite the main triggers.

I’m from northern Vermont, and am the descendant of a long line of uptight Puritans and taciturn ice fishermen. Chattiness is not our bag. At parties, we’re big on nail-biting reticence and we tend...

The bacteria living inside your body outnumber your own cells 10 to 1. With such an abundant population of microbial guests in our bodies, why not start ordering them to do some housework? Biologists from MIT have successfully taken bacteria found in the human gut and genetically modified them to have useful properties, such as monitoring intestinal health and alerting us when there's something wrong.

The trendy gluten-free diet has helped my son enormously - although for him it's not a fad but a medical necessity.

Many people are confused about two distinct gastrointestinal disorders - IBD and IBS. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) produces some symptoms similar to those of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), but they are not the same...

TORONTO -- Stool transplants appear to be a veritable home run in the treatment of recurrent C. difficile infections. Researchers are now questioning whether the therapy would work for a range of other bowel diseases, and even obesity.

Everyone needs to eat and most of us want to enjoy our meals.  However, for those of us who have lived for years with chronic stomach pain, bloating, and more, food is often our enemy.

Cooking for family and friends with Dietary Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Malabsorption of Fructose and other FODMAPs Rss

Many people who don't have celiac disease say they feel better on a gluten-free diet. But scientists say some gut troubles may come from eating fructans and other FODMAP carbs rather than gluten.

FODMAPs are a collection of molecules, more specifically short chain carbohydrates and sugar alcohols, found in foods naturally or as food additives.