Food goes on a long, complex journey through your body before becoming poo. Each part of the digestive system plays a special ...

When it comes to intestines, it sure seems like two are better than one. I asked my friend Franck Carbonero why that is. He’s a microbiologist at Washington State University. He studies the bacteria ...

Most of us have probably heard that we need 8 ounces of water per day, but how long does it take our body to absorb that water when we drink it?

Much of the food you eat is absorbed by your digestive system, which includes your stomach and your intestines. But some of what you eat makes it all the way through those twists and turns and comes ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Much of the food you eat is absorbed by your digestive system, which includes your ...

Some of my patients have problems absorbing nutrients from their food and others poop too often or not often enough ... Unlike the villi-lined small intestine, it doesn't absorb any nutrients. Instead ...