A plant-based diet made up of mainly nutrient-dense plant foods, or an equally healthy omnivorous diet may help reduce the ...

It can take six hours for the small intestine to do its job. The nutrients are sucked from the inner surface of the small ...

Crohn’s disease most often affects the end of the small intestine and the beginning of the colon (large intestine), but it may also affect any part of the GI tract from the mouth to the anus.

What's left of the food goes into your large intestine. And guess what? It's about 15 feet shorter than the small intestine. Ironic, huh? But at three to four inches around, it's wider ...

Several medications now calm painful inflammation in the intestines. Diets free of ultraprocessed foods also help ...