Healthy gut bacteria line the entire digestive system (most are in the intestines and colon), and help us to break down food and absorb nutrients.
As the bacteria in your intestines feast on the food that your body doesn't, your stomach produces gas.
"We opened those intestines up like it was Christmas," said co-author David Hu, also from Georgia Tech, according to Science News.
The bacteria live in human and animal intestines and make people sick when we eat foods contaminated with salmonella (gross, we know).
When orange juice is frozen and thawed out, health-giving elements of the juice are broken down into smaller particles which are easier for the intestines to soak up.
"Not only will food just sit in your stomach, but it may enter the intestines inadequately digested," Barmmer says.
Because of the route the intestines take, lying on the left means food is able to travel easier towards your colon6.
Water is what keeps the food moving down through your intestines.
Doctors said they were able to surgically extract 57 $100 bills from the woman's stomach and intestines.
According to traditional Chinese medicine, it can constrict the intestines, stop diarrhea, promote salivation, and quench thirst.
When you eat large meals, your stomach and intestines are forced to process more material at once, which can lead to indigestion, upset stomach, heartburn and occasionally ulcers.
" Dendritic cells occur naturally in tissues that are in contact with the external environment, such as your outer layer of skin, and the inner lining of your nose, lungs, stomach, and intestines.
Because of the route the intestines take, lying on the left means food is able to travel easier towards your colon.
The second phase involves enzymes - biological catalysts which speed up chemical reactions - which are found in your saliva, stomach juices and intestines.
The second phase involves enzymes - biological catalysts which speed up chemical reactions - which are found in your saliva, stomach juices and intestines.
It is thought the composition of millions of bacteria in our intestines can effect how we metabolise different foods and, therefore, how much weight we gain.
As HuffPost previously reported, it stimulates muscle contractions in the large intestines, making things flow.
Later that evening I had a biopsy, where they stuck an endoscope down my throat, through my stomach into my intestines, put a needle into my pancreas and got a few cells from the tumor.
Another ten days later, Bian Que saw Huan Gong and said anxiously: ,,: "Your Majesty, your illness has invaded your stomach and intestines.
I could use my sharp and sturdy horns to hook out the intestines of the wolf.