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An artificial intelligence that analyses the microbiome and then recommends personalised diets may relieve chronic constipation more effectively that the standard treatment

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AI that recommends diets based on the microbiome relieves constipation

People with chronic constipation who ate an AI-recommended diet for six weeks had an average 2.5-fold increase in weekly complete bowel movements

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Carbon monoxide foam in a petri dish

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Carbon monoxide foam in the rectum eases bowel disease in mice

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2BKMNTM Close up of woman hands eating cereal bowl with fruit after intermittent fasting sitting on a table at home

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Intermittent fasting linked to better gut and liver function in mice

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Computer artwork showing how irritable bowel syndrome affects the digestive tract

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Faecal transplants ease irritable bowel syndrome for three years

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All moral rights asserted. Recolouring or alteration of the image is prohibited without permission. Light micrograph of a section through a duodenum, the beginning of the small intestine, which runs from the stomach to the large intestine. It is where digestion begins and nutrients are absorbed into the blood. The interior (lumen, left) is lined with villi, which are folds in the intestinal surface that greatly increase the surface area for absorption. Also within the surface are crypts of Lieberkuhn (red-lined ovoids), which secrete enzymes into the lumen that help to digest the food. Underlying this layer is the muscularis mucosae (thin violet line) and connective tissue (blue). Across bottom are layers of smooth muscle and then circular and longitudinal muscles that contract and relax to move food through the duodenum. Magnification: x100 when printed at 15 centimetres wide.

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Irritable bowel syndrome may be caused by overreacting gut cells

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Computer illustration of Bacillus subtilis bacteria. B. subtilis, or the Hay bacillus, is an aerobic, rod-shaped, Gram-positive bacteria.

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Probiotics may prevent bacterial infection of the blood in mice

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Secrets of a long and healthy life reside in your gut microbiome

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Secrets of a long and healthy life reside in your gut microbiome

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Veggie Bowl over Coconut Quinoa

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Men fart more when eating a plant-based diet due to good gut bacteria

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Science with Sam describes the microbiome

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The microbiome: How bacteria regulate your health. Science with Sam

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Science with Sam describes the microbiome

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The microbiome: How gut bacteria regulate our health

Our video series Science with Sam explains how the community of microorganisms inside our bodies can keep us healthy or make us ill

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Boosting gut microbes helps protect mice against Alzheimer’s disease

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Megan Rossi, the Gut Health Doctor

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Alzheimer’s disease may start in the gut and spread to the brain

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Parkinson’s disease may spread from brain to gut and vice versa

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