Digestive system
The gut and accessory organs that break down food, absorb nutrients, and host the microbiome — a major endocrine and immune interface (the gut–brain axis).
Organs
Related systems
Hormones
Substances
- Alcohol
- Apple cider vinegar
- Berberine
- Bismuth subsalicylate (Pepto-Bismol)
- BPC-157
- Calcium carbonate (Tums)
- Calcium polycarbophil (FiberCon)
- Curcumin
- Digestive enzyme supplements
- Fenugreek
- Fermented foods
- Food
- Ginger
- Glucomannan
- Glutathione
- Kefir
- Kimchi
- L-Glutamine
- L-Methionine
- L-Threonine
- Lactase enzyme
- Loperamide (Imodium)
- Magnesium hydroxide (Milk of Magnesia)
- Methandrostenolone (Dianabol)
- Methylcellulose (Citrucel)
- N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC)
- Orlistat (Alli/Xenical)
- Oxandrolone (Anavar)
- Partially Hydrolyzed Guar Gum (PHGG)
- Polyethylene glycol (MiraLAX)
- Probiotics
- Psyllium husk
- Psyllium husk (Metamucil)
- Stanozolol (Winstrol)
- Sucralfate
- Triphala
- Wheat dextrin (Benefiber)
- Yogurt
Behaviors
Functions & conditions
- Appetite Regulation
- Hunger Regulation
- Taste
- Celiac disease
- Chronic hepatitis B
- Chronic hepatitis C
- Cirrhosis
- Crohn disease
- Diverticular disease
- Gallstones
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
- Peptic ulcer disease
- Ulcerative colitis
Books (8)
Podcasts
Research (12)
- Policies to halt and reverse the rise in ultra-processed food production, marketing, and consumption Marion (2025) Full text ↗ PubMed ↗
- The digestive system and autoimmunity Sun et al. (2023) Full text ↗ PubMed ↗
- Public policy and health in the Trump era Marion (2021) Full text ↗ PubMed ↗
- Primer on US Food and Nutrition Policy and Public Health: Marion Nestle Comments Marion (2019) Full text ↗ PubMed ↗
- Development of the digestive system Zorn (2017) Full text ↗ PubMed ↗
- Aquaporins in Digestive System Zhu et al. (2017) Full text ↗ PubMed ↗
- Food lobbies, the food pyramid, and U.S. nutrition policy Marion (1993) Full text ↗ PubMed ↗
- The Surgeon General's Report on Nutrition and Health: policy implications and implementation strategies Marion (1989) Full text ↗ PubMed ↗
- Digestive system JANOWITZ (1961) Full text ↗ PubMed ↗
- Digestive system DAVENPORT (1959) Full text ↗ PubMed ↗
- Digestive system MELLINKOFF (1957) Full text ↗ PubMed ↗
- Digestive system GREENGARD (1947) Full text ↗ PubMed ↗
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