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5 days ago | 
dailymaverick.co.za | Vincent Ho
When is your dodgy tummy due to eating off food, and when is it a touch of gastro? If you’ve got a dodgy tummy, diarrhoea and have been vomiting, it’s easy to blame a “tummy bug” or “off food”. But which is it? Gastro or food poisoning? What’s the difference anyway? What’s gastroenteritis? Gastroenteritis, or gastro for short, is a gut infection caused by a virus, bacterium or other microbe. Don't want to see this?
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1 week ago | 
gciencia.com | Vincent Ho
*Un artigo de Se ten malestar estomacal, diarrea e vómitos, é fácil botarlle a culpa a un “virus estomacal” ou á “comida”. Pero, que é? Gastroenterite ou intoxicación alimentaria? Cal é a diferenza? A gastroenterite é unhainfección intestinalcausada por un virus, unha bacteria ou outro microbio. O intestino está repleto de células, incluídos os microbios sans e as células que o recobren.
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1 week ago | 
medicalxpress.com | Vincent Ho |Gaby Clark |Andrew Zinin
If you've got a dodgy tummy, diarrhea and have been vomiting, it's easy to blame a "tummy bug" or "off food." But which is it? Gastro or food poisoning? What's the difference anyway? What's gastroenteritis? Gastroenteritis, or gastro for short, is a gut infection caused by a virus, bacterium or other microbe. The gut is teeming with cells including healthy microbes and the cells lining the gut.
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1 week ago | 
theconversation.com | Vincent Ho
If you’ve got a dodgy tummy, diarrhoea and have been vomiting, it’s easy to blame a “tummy bug” or “off food”. But which is it? Gastro or food poisoning? What’s the difference anyway? What’s gastroenteritis? Gastroenteritis, or gastro for short, is a gut infection caused by a virus, bacterium or other microbe. The gut is teeming with cells including healthy microbes and the cells lining the gut.
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1 month ago | 
healthyfood.com | Vincent Ho |Western Sydney
You might’ve heard too many eggs make you constipated. Influencers on Instagram claim it too. The United Kingdom has slang for it – being “egg bound”. Eggs were once blamed for raising blood cholesterol levels, which turned out to be false. Did we get it wrong about eggs and constipation too?
Here’s what the mixed bag of evidence tells us. Starting with constipationConstipation means different things to different people, and there are many different types.
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1 month ago | 
medicalxpress.com | Vincent Ho
Celiac disease is not a food allergy or intolerance. It's an autoimmune disease that makes the body attack the small intestine if gluten (found in wheat, rye and barley) reaches the gut. Even a small amount—a tiny bread crumb—can cause damage and inflammation. The only treatment is a gluten-free diet. This means completely eliminating foods containing the protein, such as pasta, bread, noodles and many processed products, and preparing food carefully to avoid cross-contamination.
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1 month ago | 
theconversation.com | Vincent Ho
Coeliac disease is not a food allergy or intolerance. It’s an autoimmune disease that makes the body attack the small intestine if gluten (a protein found in wheat, rye and barley) reaches the gut. Even a small amount – a tiny bread crumb – can cause damage and inflammation. The only treatment is a gluten-free diet. This means completely eliminating foods containing the protein, such as pasta, bread, noodles and many processed products, and preparing food carefully to avoid cross-contamination.
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2 months ago | 
theconversation.com | Vincent Ho
People are being asked to check the use-by dates of bagged salad products they’ve purchased recently after a number of Australian supermarkets issued recalls due to potential bacterial contamination. Recalls issued over the past week have affected bagged and pre-packaged salad products sold at supermarkets around the country including Coles, Woolworths, Aldi and IGA. The potential contaminant is shiga-toxin-producing E. coli or STEC. But so far, no cases of illness have been reported.
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Mar 19, 2025 | 
medicalxpress.com | Vincent Ho |Western Sydney
You might've heard too many eggs make you constipated. Influencers on Instagram claim it too. The United Kingdom has slang for it—being "egg bound." Eggs were once blamed for raising blood cholesterol levels, which turned out to be false. Did we get it wrong about eggs and constipation too? Here's what the mixed bag of evidence tells us. Starting with constipationConstipation means different things to different people, and there are many different types.
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Mar 18, 2025 | 
theconversation.com | Vincent Ho
You might’ve heard too many eggs make you constipated. Influencers on Instagram claim it too. The United Kingdom has slang for it – being “egg bound”. Eggs were once blamed for raising blood cholesterol levels, which turned out to be false. Did we get it wrong about eggs and constipation too? Here’s what the mixed bag of evidence tells us. Starting with constipationConstipation means different things to different people, and there are many different types.
