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A diverse gut microbiome has been linked with a longer, healthier life in a headline-grabbing 2021 study of 4,560 adults ages 18 to 98 from the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle.
No wonder taking care of gut health has become a national obsession in USA.
“A healthy microbiome has 250 to 300 different species of bacteria,” “Low would be 70 to 80 species.” In people, low diversity has been associated with inflammatory bowel disease, psoriatic arthritis, type 1 and 2 diabetes, obesity and arterial stiffness.
Diversity means a wider variety of beneficial bacteria in your body.
1 EAT A WIDER VARIETY OF PRODUCE - Having an assortment of fruit and veggies delivers a wider variety of types of fiber, starches and other nutrients that feed a wider variety of bacteria
2 TEA OR COFFEE - could be good - Plant compounds called polyphenols found in coffee and black or green tea can increase the number of beneficial bacteria that protect the inner lining of the intestines and that pump out short-chain fatty acids.
3 EAT FISH - People who ate five salmon or cod dinners per week for eight weeks saw levels of a group of undesirable gut bugs called Bacteroidetes drop, compared to people who skipped fish and had their usual dinners in a 2021 study from Norway.
4 TAKE PROBIOTICS DAILY- Choose those with multi strains as it creates good bacteria diversity, keeps your bowels regular, tune up immunity, balances the gut flora and keeps inflammation down.
No wonder taking care of gut health has become a national obsession in USA.
“A healthy microbiome has 250 to 300 different species of bacteria,” “Low would be 70 to 80 species.” In people, low diversity has been associated with inflammatory bowel disease, psoriatic arthritis, type 1 and 2 diabetes, obesity and arterial stiffness.
Diversity means a wider variety of beneficial bacteria in your body.
1 EAT A WIDER VARIETY OF PRODUCE - Having an assortment of fruit and veggies delivers a wider variety of types of fiber, starches and other nutrients that feed a wider variety of bacteria
2 TEA OR COFFEE - could be good - Plant compounds called polyphenols found in coffee and black or green tea can increase the number of beneficial bacteria that protect the inner lining of the intestines and that pump out short-chain fatty acids.
3 EAT FISH - People who ate five salmon or cod dinners per week for eight weeks saw levels of a group of undesirable gut bugs called Bacteroidetes drop, compared to people who skipped fish and had their usual dinners in a 2021 study from Norway.
4 TAKE PROBIOTICS DAILY- Choose those with multi strains as it creates good bacteria diversity, keeps your bowels regular, tune up immunity, balances the gut flora and keeps inflammation down.