If you have ever maintained a garden and had issues with insect pests, it may be hard to believe that plants, in general, are a poor food source for insects. Among the greatest challenges for ...

It turns out those cellulose-based thickening agents found in common foods can be digested. Researchers at the University of British Columbia have shown that our gut bacteria can feed on these large ...

The guts of cows and termites harbor microbes that are renowned complex-carbohydrate digesters, but the human gastrointestinal tract has flora that just might measure up. In this webinar, learn how ...

Everyone knows that fiber is healthy and an important part of our daily diet. But what is fiber and why is it healthy? Fiber is cellulose, the stringy stuff that plants are made of. Leaves, stems, ...

Most dietary fibers are broken down by the microbiome because they are too complicated for digestion by the stomach and intestines alone. However, in a paper published in Science, a team at Washington ...