Ube Is Touted for Gut Health and Weight Loss—Does the Purple Yam Live Up to the Hype?
Ube, a root vegetable prized for its vivid purple hue, has rapidly expanded from traditional Filipino cuisine into global beverage and dessert trends.
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Morning Stomach Burn? Understanding Gastritis and How to Protect Your Gut
"My stomach feels inflamed on an empty stomach in the morning. " This common complaint often raises a critical question: which foods make it worse.
The Probiotic Paradox: Why Your Daily Supplement Might Never Reach Your Gut
These days, millions of people jumpstart their morning routines by reaching for a daily dose of probiotics.
Clue to Treating Fatty Liver May Reside in the Gut, Not the Liver, Study Suggests
Concern over liver health is steadily intensifying worldwide. Fatty liver disease occurs when lipid accumulation...
From Saliva to Gut: How Human Anatomy Differs from Dogs and Lions
As discussed in last week’s column(*), the structure of the human mouth—including the jaw joint and teeth—more closely...
Protecting Your Gut: The Foods a Gastroenterologist Avoids to Lower Cancer Risk
Diet heavily shapes long-term health, and the foods we regularly reach for can directly influence our risk of chronic...
Beyond the Label: Why the Calories You Eat Aren’t the Calories You Absorb
It is a common observation that eating processed foods like snacks or chocolate leads to more weight gain than whole...
'I Should Have Been More Careful': How Westernized Diets Fuel South Korea’s Colorectal Cancer Surge
"The foods I ate as a kid were the best for gut health. I changed my eating habits, and now I’m going through painful...
Surge in Young-Onset Colorectal Cancer: Emergency Medicine Professor Warns of Foods Wrecking Gut Health
Choi Seok-jae, a professor of emergency medicine at Yeouido St. Mary’s Hospital, has expressed deep concern over the...
Gut Health and Longevity: Specific Bacteria May Prevent Age-Related Muscle Loss
A groundbreaking study has revealed that the presence of a specific gut bacterium can help elderly individuals maintain...