intestines

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It is a hormone your intestines release after every meal, a chemical signal between your gut and your brain that says Slow down, you’ve had enough.

From Slate • Mar. 22, 2026

Building on these findings, the research team turned to a class of drugs known as liver X receptor agonists, which increase HDL production in the liver and intestines.

From Science Daily • Mar. 18, 2026

The number of nerve cells in the colon also rose, and the time it took for food to move through the intestines returned to normal.

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026

It is typically attributed to slow movement in the intestines, meaning food and waste do not travel through the digestive tract quickly enough.

From Science Daily • Feb. 19, 2026

After we'd learned to put them together so the heart wasn't tangled in the intestines and the lungs didn't face the spine, Mundín commenced grumbling.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez