Industry-funded study implies diet soda is ‘superior to water for weight loss’

A controversial study has reported that participants who consumed diet drinks lost more weight on average than a control group who drank mostly water. Could the results be biased?

Microbial diversity in the gut may be hampered by variety in diet

Scientists from The University of Texas at Austin and five other institutions have discovered that the more diverse the diet of a fish, the less diverse are the microbes living in its gut.