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Digestion: enzymes play a central role

We eat what we like. And we absorb important nutrients with our food. However, thorough chewing alone is not enough [...]

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Intestinal rehabilitation for lactose intolerance

Lactose intolerance: Treat the gut to a cure Lactose intolerance can be hard on the gut, especially if you continue [...]

Darmflora nach der Darmspiegelung: So baust du sie wieder auf
How intestinal bacteria work with flatulence

Your stomach sometimes feels unpleasantly bloated or very hard after eating or in the morning? You are not alone with [...]

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How intestinal bacteria work in constipation

Did you know? How the toilet flushes out depends on trillions of little helpers. We're talking intestinal bacteria. Constipation, diarrhoea [...]

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Building up the intestinal flora in a child: Here’s how

Our intestines not only take care of our digestion, but also have to cope with environmental influences and stress every [...]

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Intestinal flora after colonoscopy: How to rebuild it

With the help of a colonoscopy, changes in the bowel can be detected early on. During the examination, the doctor [...]

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Build up intestinal flora after gastro-enteritis: Here’s how it works

Gastrointestinal diseases are among the most common infectious diseases. If the mucous membranes of the stomach and intestines are inflamed, [...]

Darmsanierung: So funktioniert’s in Eigenregie
Intestinal cleansing: How it works all by itself

Thousands of species of bacteria live in the intestines. Together they form the microbiome, your individual intestinal flora. Sometimes it [...]

Darmentzündung und welche Ernährung empfehlenswert ist
Nutrition

Diet to improve gut bacteria?What do your defence system, your metabolism and your psyche have in common? According to research, [...]

Gestörte Darmflora: Wenn Darmbakterien Symptome hervorrufen
Disturbed intestinal flora: When intestinal bacteria cause symptoms

Where is the body's own defence system actually located? It is now scientifically proven that the immune system is largely [...]

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Inflammation of the bowel

People who frequently have problems with their stomach and intestines know that it is often difficult to find the exact [...]

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Inflammation of the bowels: What diet is recommended?

What diet is recommended? The correct nutrition plan plays a decisive role in intestinal inflammation since it can relieve symptoms and promote [...]

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Microbiome vs. depression: How intestinal bacteria help you

Love literally goes through the stomach. Or better said, through the intestines, because intestinal bacteria influence the mood. Or have [...]

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Gut-brain axis: The connection between the gut and the brain

The intestine can digest much more than "just" food: A network of around 100 million nerve cells runs through the entire gastrointestinal tract and [...]

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Bowel sounds

Bubbling, growling, mumbling: Stomach and intestines like to make themselves noticeable. How does this actually happen, and are particularly loud [...]

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How your bowel triggers stress and stress burdens your bowel

"Stress hits the stomach": You've probably experienced the real effects of that saying yourself. The entire digestive tract is closely [...]

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Immune system composition

In everyday life, everyone comes into contact with a multitude of pathogens. It is the task of your body's own [...]

E-coli-Bakterien - das machen sie im Darm
E. coli bacteria: That’s what they do in the intestines

What are E. coli bacteria? E. coli bacteria – or simply E. coli bacteria – are considered to be the [...]

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Bacteroidetes: That is why you should care for them

Your intestine is home to a multitude of bacteria – in total, your intestinal microbiome (the technical term for your [...]

Irritable bowel syndrome: Which medications help?

The possible causes for irritable bowel syndrome are diverse and vary from person to person. Therefore, it is often not [...]

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Irritable bowel syndrome: The right diet

An irritable bowel syndrome manifests itself differently in each person affected. There are no general nutritional recommendations for irritable bowel syndrome that [...]

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Treat irritable bowel syndrome: These options are available

Cramps in the gastrointestinal tract, loss of appetite, diarrhoea – an irritable bowel syndrome manifests itself in many symptoms. As [...]

Irritable bowel syndrome: which symptom predominates

People who suffer from irritable bowel syndrome have to live with the fact that it is usually not possible to [...]

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Irritable bowel syndrome: What causes the symptoms?

Irritable bowel syndrome is a functional disorder of the intestinal tract that can trigger a variety of symptoms. They express [...]

Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Everybody suffers from a feeling of fullness - be it after a sumptuous family meal or when the appetite was [...]

Ulcerative colitis: medicines for every phase of the disease

Ulcerative colitis is a chronic intestinal disease, which so far has been considered as not curable. However, there are medication [...]

Estreñimiento – causas, síntomas y lo que le ayuda a tu intestino
Ulcerative colitis: What therapies are there?

Constant urge to stool, cramps, fever - the chronic inflammatory intestinal disease ulcerative colitis is unpleasant, painful and, in the worst case, [...]

Colitis ulcerosa: Wie äußern sich Schübe der Erkrankung
Ulcerative colitis: How do relapses of the disease manifest themselves?

Complaints in the gastrointestinal tract can have a variety of causes. These can often be traced back to a gastrointestinal [...]

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Ulcerative Colitis: Symptoms and Complaints

Ulcerative colitis is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that causes inflammation in the bowel. The name derives from the [...]

Ulcerative colitis: The causes of chronic bowel disease

Ulcerative colitis appears to have several reasons. Numerous studies provide indications of what causes the onset of chronic inflammatory bowel [...]

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How to fight the irritable bowel with the right nutrition

Rumbling, pulling, bubbling or pinching, flatulence, diarrhea, constipation or just nasty stomach ache. If your bowels are going crazy, then [...]

Love goes through the stomach. But can feelings also come from the intestine?

On Valentine's Day, we celebrate love. What a beautiful feeling to be in love! Then we have butterflies in our [...]

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Stomach problems after antibiotics

In the case of a bacterial infection, doctors often prescribe an antibiotic. The drug is intended to quickly relieve a [...]

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Effective intestinal protection when taking antibiotics

How to protect gut flora when taking antibiotics? Since the discovery of the first antibiotic, penicillin, by Alexander Fleming in [...]

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Crohn’s disease: Which medication help?

Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease and not curable. Patients must therefore prepare for life-long therapy. If the [...]

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Crohn’s disease: the right diet for more well-being

The cause of Crohn's disease and some other intestinal diseases is not fully understood. However, certain environmental factors and dietary habits seem to increase [...]

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Crohn’s disease: therapy options

If complaints occur in the gastrointestinal tract, a diagnosis of the cause is often only possible after lengthy examinations and [...]

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Crohn’s disease and the complex diagnosis

Crohn's disease is a bowel disease that causes severe inflammation, especially in the intestinal mucosa. But usually not only the [...]

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Intestinal bacteria – the superheroes in your body

They crawl and teem and keep crawling everywhere - bacteria. Over 100 trillion of these little things live in your [...]

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Crohn’s disease: What happens during a relapse?

Crohn's disease occurs in cycles and relapses can happen often. The course of Crohn's disease makes it so there are [...]

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Intestinal flora – what is it actually?

Intestinal flora - what is it actually? Such a flowery word - intestinal flora. It has nothing to do with [...]

Crohn’s disease: possible causes of chronic illness

Scientists have been intensively researching Crohn's disease and its causes for years. Nevertheless, the disease still poses a number of [...]

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Crohn’s disease: These symptoms are typical

Crohn's disease manifests itself in various symptoms. In the beginning they are still unspecific and do not have to be [...]

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Many suffer from it, only few talk about it

These are the most common causes of diarrhea The runs, backdoor trots, meals on wheels: Probably there are so many [...]

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Intestinal inflammation: Do medicines have to be taken?

In the case of intestinal inflammation - i.e. gastroenteritis - the intestinal mucosa is usually irritated. The triggers for the irritation [...]

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Treat intestinal inflammation: What should be noted?

Frequent stomach cramps, pain, diarrhoea or even fever are just some of the numerous symptoms of stomach or intestinal diseases. With [...]

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Intestinal inflammation and its symptoms

Bowel inflammation are very unspecific. This makes it so difficult to recognize the disease immediately. For this reason, a thorough [...]

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The most common symptoms of intestinal disease

If you have bowel disease symptoms, the question you may have is: Are the symptoms due to the intestine or [...]

Darmflora-Bakterien: Welche Mikroben bevölkern unseren Darm?
Bacteria of the intestinal flora: Which microbes populate our intestines?

Many people associate bacteria with contamination and the risk of infection. In our intestines, however, the microbes are quite welcome: [...]

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You are not alone!

Learn how your billions of bacteria are always there for you. In the cleaning department of a drugstore, there is [...]

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Building up the gut: these home remedies for your intestinal flora

With these 10 home remedies you build up your intestinal flora best A sore throat and earache and the doctor [...]

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This food will make your gut happy

…and of course, you too! For a while now scientists have been investigating the connection between emotions and the intestinal [...]

Your fitness starts in the gut. Don’t you believe that?

Your intestinal flora is like a living community in your body. Here live billions of bacteria on eight meters intestine. [...]

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Intestinal rehabilitation after antibiotics

Help for bacteria It is necessary to restore your stomach flora after antibiotics. Because antibiotics work against natural bacteria in [...]

Get to know your bacteria

How an intestinal flora analysis can help you overcome your constipation During a session in the loo, breaking out in [...]

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Irritable Bowel and Intestinal Discomfort

Millions of people in Germany live with intestinal complaints such as irritable bowel and digestive problems. These include constipation (i.e. [...]

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Intestinal flora after taking antibiotics

Antibiotics are medicines that are often used to treat bacterial infectious diseases because they have the effect of inhibiting and [...]

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Probiotics

What are probiotics and how do they increase our well-being? The term "probiotic" derives from Latin and is composed of [...]