No fridge needed. 3,000-year-old Indian technique of storing water can keep it cool for longer and also improve digestionDrinking water from earthen pots, known as matkas, provides natural cooling and health benefits. This traditional Indian practice cools wat...
23 Apr, 2026, 03.08 PM IST
‘Your body has its favourite nutrients to filter, focus, heal’: Delhi nutritionist shares 4 everyday foods for lung, liver, gut and eye healthYour body's organs have unique nutritional needs. Delhi-based nutritionist Lovneet Batra highlights foods for specific health benefits. Gin...
23 Apr, 2026, 01.07 PM IST
Tourist snacks are making the Rock of Gibraltar's monkeys sick, and their solution will make you laughMonkeys in Gibraltar are changing their behaviour after consuming human snacks provided by tourists. Foods like chocolate, crisps, and ice ...
23 Apr, 2026, 01.01 AM IST
Bengaluru food poisoning: Nearly 100 employees fall sick after eating idli-vada at office canteen; What FSSAI says about these foods you eat dailyIn a suspected food poisoning incident in Bengaluru, 97 employees fell ill after consuming fermented foods like idli, vada, and sambar-rice...
20 Apr, 2026, 11.25 AM IST
Scientists confirm gut bacteria behind rare auto-brewery syndrome that makes people drunk without drinkingScientists have uncovered the cause of auto-brewery syndrome. Certain gut bacteria, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli, ferment foo...
18 Jan, 2026, 01.50 PM IST
Forget Ozempic, scientists find a microbe that can work like a natural alternative to popular diabetes and weight loss drugResearchers in China have found a gut microbe, Bacteroides vulgatus, that may regulate blood sugar. The microbe and its metabolites can sti...
05 May, 2025, 02.36 PM IST
Study suggests gut microbes can affect Covid vaccine responseThe research, involving 68 people with HIV and 75 healthy individuals, found that a less diverse gut microbiome correlated with a stronger ...
06 Jan, 2024, 12.29 PM IST
Research confirms genetic relationship between Alzheimer's disease & gut healthA study from Edith Cowan University in Australia has found a genetic link between Alzheimer's disease and gut disorders, providing new insi...
23 Oct, 2023, 06.18 PM IST
What is gut microbiota and how it helps our immune systemThe gut microbiota is a community of trillions of bacteria residing in the digestive tract, which contributes to digestion, metabolism, and...
07 Aug, 2023, 10.22 PM IST
These at-home microbiome test kits can tell you what lives in your gut. But can data improve your health?These personal gut microbiome testing kits claim to tell you what organisms live in your gut.
16 Aug, 2022, 06.44 PM IST
Decoded: Why not all obese patients develop diabetesThe findings showed that a particular type of gut microbe leads to white adipose tissue containing macrophage cells, large cells that are p...
05 Jun, 2022, 03.55 PM IST
Add yogurt, kimchi & kombucha to your diet. Fermented foods secret to a healthy bodyFermentation also helps in enhancing the flavors and textures of many foods.
17 Aug, 2021, 02.03 PM IST
Bats, unlike other mammals, do not show dependence on gut bacteria: StudyEarlier studies have established that in several mammals, including humans, gut bacteria, help in digesting food and maintaining healthy im...
13 Nov, 2019, 12.33 PM IST
Gut health secret: Have organic apples dailyAn apple also carries about 100 million bacteria.
25 Jul, 2019, 07.58 AM IST
India gears up for Rs 150 crore microbe project to uncover links to diseasesThe ambitious project has put India on the verge of understanding all diseases that afflict Indians.
06 Jan, 2019, 01.56 PM IST
Drinking red wine and tea might help battle flu symptomsA compound found in these beverages can boost the immune system, scientists say.
13 Aug, 2017, 05.51 PM IST
- Genes, birthplace shape up our gut microbes
New York, Nov 29 (IANS) Your genes and place of birth can have a major effect on the formation of the microbial community in the gut -- whi...
29 Nov, 2016, 04.25 PM IST