7 articles
A landmark 2025 study revealed that a fiber-adapted gut microbiome doesn't just improve fructose metabolism — it intercepts and catabolizes fructose in the gut lumen before it ever reaches your liver. Here's the biochemistry, and what it means in the kitchen.
Theo Marsh·
Two people drink the same cup of coffee. One gets a measurable drop in inflammation markers. The other gets almost nothing. The difference isn't the beans — it's what lives in their gut. Here's the biochemistry of why your morning cup works differently in different bodies.
Theo Marsh·
The "eating for two" advice was never really about calories. New gut microbiome science reveals a deeper truth: what a pregnant person eats shapes the microbial ecosystem their baby will inherit — and that inheritance touches everything from appetite to metabolism for life.
Priya Anand·
That full-body revulsion when you introduce a vegetable isn't defiance. Here's what the science of gut development tells us is happening at your dinner table — and why the stakes are higher than you think.
Priya Anand·
You've been told to eat more fiber for decades. But not what it actually does. Two landmark 2024–2025 studies finally explain the mechanism — and it's not about constipation.
Jules Cortez·
The real immune defense isn't built in cold season. Here's what the research says about vitamin D, gut bacteria, and the dietary patterns that actually determine how often you get sick.
Margot Laine·
Fermented foods have been prized by every food culture on earth for millennia. Here's the science that finally explains what your ancestors already knew to eat.
Priya Anand·