Known as the microbiome, your gut is home to millions of bacteria and other microbes—both good and bad—and can influence your health in many ways. The key is to balance the ratio of good to bad ...

Registered dietitian Lauren Manaker explains that a healthy gut microbiome plays a major role in digestion, immune function, and even potentially mood. “Fermented foods may also help reduce ...

Nutrition plays a huge role in the health of your gut microbiome—so you can eat your way to a healthier gut. When it comes to popular health topics and trends, all eyes are on the gut microbiome—its ...

Plus, how to tell if it needs healing in the first place.

Spoiler alert: It’s less about when and more about how often. Reviewed by Dietitian Karen Ansel, M.S., RDN Yogurt is linked to an impressive list of health benefits, especially better gut health. RDs ...

Fermentation happens when microbes (bacteria, yeast or mold) break down the carbohydrates in food and turn them into something else. Think of yogurt (bacteria convert the sugar in milk into lactic ...

If you’re trying to eat healthier, you’ve probably stood in the grain aisle wondering which one you’re supposed to buy.

Chances are, you’ve been sleeping on fermented foods for most of your life. Here in the US, they’re “not a natural part of our diet like in a lot of other populations,” Amy Burkhart, MD, RD, a ...

Researchers have uncovered a gut-diet link to postpartum depression, finding that eating a diet of soy, fermented foods, and seaweed may nurture beneficial gut bacteria and protect mothers’ mental ...

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