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Four Times the Odds of Losing Bowel Control: An ADHD Gut Signal Tangled Up With the Medication
Stimulants list constipation, nausea, and stomach pain among their common side effects. Most of the 23 studies pooling 1.9 million people never separated the medicated from the unmedicated, so the gut signal and the drug effect sit tangled together.
Nutrition & FoodWhat Probiotics Actually Do for Autistic Kids Isn't What the Label Promises
A review pooling about 1,000 participants found the clearest probiotic effect in autistic children lands on the gut, not behavior. The supplement aisle sells the reverse.
Brain & AgingThe Sweeteners Sold to Diabetics as the Safe Swap Tracked With Faster Brain Aging
Brazilian researchers followed 12,772 adults for eight years. The ones consuming the most artificial sweeteners, about a diet soda's worth a day, showed cognitive decline equal to 1.6 extra years of brain aging, and diabetics fared worst.
Metabolic & WeightSame Calories, Different Wiring: Why Fructose Leaves Your Hunger Neurons Running
Glucose flips off the brain cells that drive hunger. Fructose barely nudges them, and the corn-syrup blend in your soda quiets them even better, which is exactly why it's so easy to keep drinking.