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Why Do People Have Different Eating Habits?

People consume various types and quantities of food. Studies indicate that the gut microbiome could be one of the drivers of this behavior.

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How Dietary Fructose Fuels Tumor Growth

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A Keto Diet Could Enhance Cancer Drug Effectiveness

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An Overlooked Nucleotide Recycling Pathway Fuels Tumor Growth

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How Sperm Regulate Offspring Health

Deanna MacNeil, PhD | | 3 min read

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Why Do Travelers Get Upset Stomachs?

Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 2 min read

Fatty Feasts May Come at an Immune Cost

Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 4 min read

Clues in the Coprolites

Hannah Thomasy, PhD | | 4 min read

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A Protein-Rich Diet Helps Mice and Flies Sleep More Soundly: Study

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Beyond Individual Nutrients: Complex Diet and Cancer Connections

Deanna MacNeil, PhD | | 4 min read

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Mice Fed a Highly Processed Diet Are More Susceptible to the Flu

Alejandra Manjarrez, PhD | | 3 min read

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High-Fat Diet in Mice Affects Social Behavior Across Generations

Sophie Fessl, PhD | | 4 min read

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5-Star Rating System Ranks the Validity of Health Advice

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Opinion: Eating Right to Avoid Catastrophe

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Human Gut Bacteria Show Up in Urban Wildlife

Bianca Nogrady | | 2 min read

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Artificial Sweeteners Alter Gut Bacteria in Humans

Shafaq Zia | | 4 min read

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Vitamin D Pills Don’t Prevent Bone Fractures, Osteoporosis: Study

Dan Robitzski | | 2 min read

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Book Excerpt from Anxious Eaters: Why We Fall for Fad Diets

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Opinion: Why We Fall for Fad Diets

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Sun Exposure Triggers Hunger in Men but Not Women, Study Suggests

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Banking Previous Poos: Could a Transplant of Feces from Your Past Heal You?

Dan Robitzski | | 9 min read

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Study Links Depression with High Levels of an Amino Acid

Dan Robitzski | | 5 min read

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Surface Area of Tooth Roots Predicts Primate Body Size

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