During the end-of-year holidays families often come together to exchange gifts and, sometimes, to confront long-held grudges. What better gift than a peace offering?

FDA-approved artificial sweeteners and sport supplements were found to be toxic to digestive gut microbes, according to a new paper published in Molecules by researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Israel and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.

High fructose corn syrup, the ubiquitous sugar substitute blamed for slowly killing Americans through diabetes, obesity and heart disease, has been under assault for almost 15 years. One of its biggest users—the carbonated soda ecosystem—has been shrinking in the face of public health concern and plummeting soda consumption, now at its lowest point in three decades.

Our Bodies is not separate from our thoughts. Generally speaking, we tend to think of our bodies and minds as separate systems and believe they function, for the most part, independently. Our emotions affect us physically.

Does the idea of being served ‘old’ beef gross you out? Well it shouldn’t, because it’s actually a good thing. Here’s everything you need to know about aging beef.

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) can be debilitating, embarrassing, and severely affects your quality of life. Although stress and diet are recognized as major contributing factors to IBS, scientists have yet to determine the exact cause of the problem.