Constipation? BUPA Dr Tim Woodman shares his advice

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Mar , 2025

Constipation? BUPA Dr Tim Woodman shares his advice

Are you suffering from constipation? Ahead of Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, Dr Tim Woodman, Medical Director, Policy and Cancer Services, Bupa UK Insurance, explores the UK’s top Googled searches around not being able to ‘go’, and shares advice for anyone seeking help.Constipation can have many possible causes, from being dehydrated to not moving around enough. […]

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Aug , 2024

Tag: Constipation

Yogurt with probiotics and honey boosts gut bacteria but no digestive or cognitive benefits

In a recent study published in The Journal of Nutrition, a team of researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign conducted a randomized, crossover trial to investigate whether the consumption of yogurt containing the probiotic bacteria Bifidobacterium animalis subspecies lactis along with honey had an impact on the probiotic enrichment, intestinal transit time, digestive health, […]

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Feb , 2024

Tag: Constipation

Study links ultra-processed foods to gut health risks

In a recent review published in the journal Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology, researchers synthesized the current knowledge on how food additives and ultra-processed foods (UPFs) affect gut health. As UPFs and food additives become more common in diets worldwide, they have been implicated in adverse gut outcomes like alterations to microbial communities and intestinal […]