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Welcome to the Health and Fitness News, a weekly diary which is cross-posted from The Stars Hollow Gazette. It is open for discussion about health related issues including diet, exercise, health and health care issues, as well as, tips on what you can...

By Dr. Mercola I've been interested in the health benefits of fiber for a long time—so much so, my classmates nicknamed me "Dr. Fiber" when I was in medical school in the '70s. This was mostly stimulated by reviewing studies by Dr. Denis Brukitt, who...

A close examination of gut bacteria reveals that exclusively breastfed babies are better equipped for the transition to solids and potentially an early life with fewer stomach woes. In a study published today in Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology...

A new study has revealed that breastfeeding better prepares a baby’s stomach for the transition to solid food, hence better equipping them for potentially an early life with fewer stomach woes. Researchers from the UNC School of Medicine and UNC College...

By Dr. Mercola Your body houses some 100 trillion bacteria, and about 1 quadrillion viruses (bacteriophages). In essence, we're little more than walking microbe colonies, seeing how these bacteria outnumber your cells 10 to 1, and the bacteriophages...