The gut barrier is the single-cell-thick wall separating intestinal contents from the bloodstream...

The gut-brain axis is the bidirectional communication highway between your gut and brain, operati...

Intestinal gas produced during bacterial fermentation of undigested carbohydrates is completely n...

A food intolerance is a non-immune digestive reaction to specific foods or their components - dis...

FODMAP stands for Fermentable Oligosaccharides, Disaccharides, Monosaccharides And Polyols - a gr...

Dysbiosis is the scientific term for microbiome imbalance - when beneficial bacteria decline and ...

Microbiome diversity - having many different species of bacteria - is the gold standard of gut he...

Chronic diarrhea is loose watery stools occurring three or more times per day for more than four ...

Diamine oxidase (DAO) is the main enzyme responsible for breaking down histamine in the digestive...

Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that can affect any part of the dig...

Constipation is defined as fewer than three bowel movements per week or stools that are hard, dry...

CFU is the standard unit for counting live bacteria in a probiotic.