20% of the UK population suffer from IBS symptoms at some time during their lives and 5% are chronic sufferers. It is more prevalent in females.

Laxatives account for multi-million pounds worth of sales in the UK.

The ideal transit time for food is 24 hours.

As adults, all our vitamin K needs are provided by our own bowel bacteria.

There are 100 times more bacteria present in the colon than there are cells that make up our body.

Cells lining the digestive tract are replaced every two or three days.