Probiotics can improve constipation by stimulating bowel movements to allow stool to move more quickly through the gut.

Magnesium supplements, while beneficial, can cause diarrhoea due to unabsorbed magnesium drawing water into the intestines, ...

Sugar-free snacks and chewing gum may help satisfy your sweet tooth, but many contain sugar substitutes that can also act as a laxative. “Sweeteners such as aspartame, sucralose, and sorbitol can ...

The study suggests that “the idea that the microbiome is acquired early in life and then is just very stable is a bit of an oversimplification,” says Andrew Gewirtz, an immunologist at Georgia State ...