Following recent clinical trial, biotech firm Enbiosis announces a breakthrough in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome, which affects one in every ten people.

Governments around the world are increasingly prioritizing aquatic foods to nourish nations. Researchers call for a systematic policy approach to ensure aquatic foods help reduce malnutrition rates.

The calories that US kids consumed from ultraprocessed foods jumped from 61 % to 67 % of total caloric intake from 1999 to 2018, according to a new study. Surprisingly, there were no statistically significant differences in the overall findings by parental education and family income.

A new device developed by New Zealand's University of Otago and UK researchers is set to help fight the global obesity epidemic. Participants in a Dunedin-based trial lost an average of 6.36 kg in two weeks and were motivated to continue with their weight loss journey.

A new mathematical model for the interaction of bacteria in the gut could help design new probiotics and specially tailored diets to prevent diseases. The research, from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, was recently published in the journal PNAS.

Moderate amounts of sugar are already enough to boost fat production in the liver. This is shown in a study by researchers from Switzerland. According to the study, household sugar, which is widely used, is particularly predestined to promote the development of diabetes or fatty liver.

University of Missouri researchers develop a noninvasive way for identifying the major functions of the gastrointestinal tract.

Compared with meat eaters, fish eaters have a lower risk of several adverse heart diseases, including stroke. These findings, which were part of new research looking at the diets and risk of developing or dying from heart diseases of more than 420,000 people in the UK, also concluded that vegetarianism was associated with a lower risk of developing heart disease.

Pregnant mice fed a diet high in omega-6 fats and low in omega-3 fats produce offspring that go on to exhibit “hedonic” — pleasurable but excessive — levels of consumption of hyper-caloric diets, according to researchers at Hiroshima University.

The University of Warwick has revealed in its new study that people diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnoea maybe at an increased risk of adverse outcomes from Covid-19. Researchers have also cautioned people with the sleep condition to follow the neccesary precautions in the background of the pandemic in order to keep themselves safe.