Digestion

In general, it will take four to six hours for your stomach to digest food.  However, it can take between 2 to 5 days for food to move through the intestines and exit the body.  You can't speed up digestion, but you can improve it by eating…

View to the loo: Young zebrafish have transparent skin, which allows researchers to track the movements of glowing beads through their gut. Editor’s Note This article was originally published on 20 November, based on preliminary data presented at a conference. We have updated the article to include…

Celebrity chef Sanjeev Kapoor had sometime back shared tips to make a healthy drink and consume it every morning to detoxify the body and improve digestion. In an Instagram post, Kapoor advised having “a glass of warm lemon water with one teaspoon of soaked fenugreek seeds every day in the morning”. He added it will help “improve digestion and…

Gut problems — like bloating, IBS, ulcerative colitis, constipation, and other gastrointestinal issues — can really put a damper on your day, not to mention your overall health. The good news is that certain foods are better than others at relieving these ailments. "Diet and specific nutrients play a supportive role in limiting…

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Monsoon is pleasing. But it also brings along a host of diseases, infections, and allergies. The digestive system is especially vulnerable during the rainy season and gastric problems such as acidity, bloating, indigestion, gastroenteritis, ulcers, and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) become common. Hence, it is the need of the hour to…

1 INTRODUCTION Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has spread rapidly around the world with substantial mortality since December 2019.1 To date, the potential treatment options to contain the disease include antiviral medications,…

With this demand comes expectations, not only with production standards but also with ingredient  quality and formulation choice as parents seek out the very best nutrition for their children.NutraIngredients spoke to Sophie Nicolas, Marketing Manager, Early Life Nutrition at FrieslandCampina Ingredients on forthcoming company plans, new…

Experts have often emphasised on the importance of maintaining good gut and digestive health for overall well-being. As such, to mark the National Nutrition Week 2021, celebrity nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar took to Instagram to underline the basic dos and don’ts for good digestion. Here’s what she said. Five things for good digestion Dos…

Be honest.How does your body feel after you eat that double cheese and pepperoni pizza? What about that full rack of ribs? Or chicken-fried steak?Yes, it tastes good (to some of us), but it very well could be…