A new animal study suggests a widely used food additive may affect gut health after long-term exposure.

Xanthan gum is found almost everywhere. This food additive has thickening, stabilizing and gelling properties and is one of the food industry's most widely used additives for adjusting the consistency ...

A computer illustration of an inflamed digestive system. (Science Photo Library/Canva) Inflammatory bowel disease affects ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are several potential causes of chronic inflammation, including excessive alcohol consumption, environmental factors, poor ...

New Northwestern Medicine research published in Nature Communications suggests that a metabolite produced by gut bacteria ...

Xanthan gum helps give ice cream, yogurt, sauces, cakes, and gluten-free pasta their familiar texture. Valued for its thickening, stabilizing, and gelling properties, it is among the food industry’s ...

Researchers at the Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine have uncovered a key primary step in the hepatic ERK pathway that leads to increased insulin production. While their previous work ...

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an umbrella term for a group of chronic conditions that cause inflammation and swelling in the digestive tract. It primarily includes two conditions: ulcerative ...

Patients with colon cancer who consumed an anti-inflammatory diet during a phase 3 clinical trial showed longer overall survival post-treatment compared to those on a proinflammatory diet, according ...

What Is Proctitis and How Does It Compare to UC? Proctitis is inflammation of the rectum, the last part of the large intestine that connects the colon to the anus. Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a type of ...

There are several potential causes of chronic inflammation, including excessive alcohol consumption, environmental factors, poor diet quality, stress and an inadequate amount of quality sleep.