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
Hormones
Substances & behaviors
- Alcohol
- Bismuth subsalicylate (Pepto-Bismol)
- Calcium carbonate (Tums)
- Calcium polycarbophil (FiberCon)
- Digestive enzyme supplements
- Fermented foods
- Food
- Lactase enzyme
- Loperamide (Imodium)
- Magnesium hydroxide (Milk of Magnesia)
- Methylcellulose (Citrucel)
- Orlistat (Alli/Xenical)
- Polyethylene glycol (MiraLAX)
- Probiotics
- Psyllium husk (Metamucil)
- Sucralfate
- Wheat dextrin (Benefiber)
- Fasting (short-term)
- Intermittent fasting
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
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