Simply eating more fiber could boost weight loss

A high-fiber diet may offer comparable health outcomes to the American Heart Association’s diet while being easier to follow, according to a new study.

Microbes prevent malnutrition in fruit flies – and maybe humans, too

Microbes, small and ancient life forms, play a key role in maintaining life on Earth. As has often been pointed out, without microbes, we’d die – without us, most microbes would get along just fine.