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SIBO Beyond IBS: Pancreatitis Links and a New Era of Microbial Overgrowth Diagnosis Roughly one in three patients with acute pancreatitis shows signs of…

Key Takeaways College students who engaged in regular physical activity (RPA) reported significantly lower IBS symptom severity scores compared to their inactive peers. Statistical analysis showed that higher levels of anxiety and depression were strongly linked to worse IBS symptoms. Depressive symptoms mediated about 19% of the link between physical activity and IBS improvement, pointing…

A study of 526 Spanish adults without celiac disease found a mean daily gluten intake of 11.14 grams, with significant variation across the population. This research, published in *Frontiers in Nutrition*, provides the first direct estimate of gluten consumption in Spain and links higher intake to small but measurable increases in self-reported stress, anxiety, depression,…

What the Newest Research Says About Gut Bacteria, Obesity, and Metabolic Syndrome Three 2026 reviews published in Gut Microbes , Molecular Medicine Repo…

Blackcurrant Phytochemicals Act on the Same Enzymes Your Digestive Supplements Target Blackcurrant ( Ribes nigrum ) extracts inhibit α-amylase and α-glu…

Plant Fibers, Phytochemicals, and the Gut-Immune-Brain Conversation When gut bacteria ferment dietary fiber, they produce short-chain fatty acids like b…

Snake venom might seem an unlikely source of new gut treatments, but research shows its components can powerfully modulate the immune system. A new study in Frontiers in Immunology demonstrates that crotoxin (CTX), the main toxin in the venom of a South American rattlesnake, can significantly reduce intestinal inflammation in a mouse model of colitis…

A quality improvement study of 50 clients found that a brief, standardized “emotional fitness” protocol — built on a gut-brain model of mental illness —…

Key Takeaways A 2026 review of 124 studies found acupuncture and moxibustion mechanisms for IBS are most focused on reducing visceral hypersensitivity, modulating inflammation, and regulating gut flora. Electroacupuncture was the most used treatment approach (50%), with the core acupoints for IBS being ST36 (Zusanli), ST25 (Tianshu), and ST37 (Shangjuxu). The majority of the experimental…

How Microbiome Dysbiosis Rewires Immune Signaling — and What the Newest Research Shows Oral cavity cancers remain stubbornly hard to treat, with high re…

Small extracellular vesicles (sEVs), natural nanoparticles produced by human cells, are being engineered to survive the gastrointestinal tract and deliver drugs directly to the colon. A 2026 review in the International Journal of Nanomedicine systematically analyzed how to design these sEVs to target conditions like inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). The…

Why SIBO Comes Back — and Where Prokinetics Fit In Between 30 and 60 percent of successfully treated SIBO patients relapse within months, according to w…