Alexander Lake, DO, a gastroenterologist at AdventHealth, joined Gayle Guyardo, host of the globally syndicated health and ...

Dr. Alexander Lake, Gastroenterologist at AdventHealth, joins Gayle Guyardo, the host of Bloom, to emphasize the vital ...

The workings of the small intestine have long been a mystery, but now we are discovering the hidden roles this organ plays in appetite, metabolism and the microbiome – and how to look after it better ...

Explains the process of digestion, detailing how food is transformed into simpler substances that can be absorbed into the ...

Although it is longer than your large intestine it has a smaller diameter. This is why it's called the small intestine. Chemical digestion. After food is churned up in your stomach, ...

Small intestine: The first section of the intestines that leads to the large intestine. It helps digest food and absorb nutrients from the stomach, before sending the waste on to the large intestine.

As far back as the 16th century, we were mapping out the murky territory of the human small intestine in anatomy books. We know, for example, that this digestive tract is—on average—about 6 ...