Revealed: the secrets of one of nature’s great digestive mysteries.
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The terms probiotics and prebiotics are appearing on more items in supermarket aisles all the time. Both words, their placement and the products they adorn, imply they’re good for you, that more of these…
Food labels seem to provide all the information a thoughtful consumer needs, so counting calories should be simple. But things get tricky because food labels tell only half the story. A calorie is a measure…
The types of bacteria that colonise an infant’s developing gut are influenced more by internal development than childbirth or early nutrition, according to a study published today in the journal PNAS…
To understand why we fart, you need to know something about the volume of gases produced in the bowels first. Imagine how much space 25 litres of gas would occupy – about one third of the interior of a…
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Associate Professor and clinical academic gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University
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Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
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Assistant Professor of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, School of Medicine, University of Washington
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Senior Lecturer in Pharmaceutical Sciences, RMIT University
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Professor of Biological Anthropology, Harvard University
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Visiting Fellow in Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
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Principal Lecturer in Wildlife Conservation, Nottingham Trent University
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Professorial Research Fellow: Physical Activity and Health, CQUniversity Australia
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Senior Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Health Sciences & Social Work, Griffith University
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, Florida International University
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Professor and Director of the Clinical Anatomy Learning Centre, Lancaster University
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Associate Professor in Biology and Biomedical Science, Aston University
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Group Leader, Personalised Health, CSIRO
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Senior Lecturer and Discipline Lead in Nutrition, School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, CQUniversity Australia
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ARC Future Fellow, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland
