All traditional cultures fermented their foods, lived in and with nature, and ate from it in a way that promoted a now endangered
diversity of gut microbes.
They found that the samples from the older normal mice had the most
diversity of their gut microbes, including Clostridia and Bacteroides bacteria not seen in the younger mice that were still getting their nutrition entirely from mother's milk.
A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) changed the composition and
diversity of gut microbes, which in turn shaped how the drug is broken down and ultimately, cut its effectiveness, according to an animal study from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
The diversity of gut microbes (left, green) decreases when a pathogenic bacteria (red) comes on the scene (right).
Not exact matches
Those
microbes could change the
diversity of our
guts, even if we only ever eat low - fiber white bread.
Rheumatoid arthritis patients have less
diversity in their
gut microbes than does the general population, and appear to have an abundance
of certain
gut bacteria whose numbers are rare in healthy people.
Already, he knows that most IBD patients have a far smaller range
of microbial species in their
guts, compared to healthy people Stool transfers help restore that
diversity and all the possibly beneficial chemical compounds that those
microbes release into our bodies.
This internal ecosystem living on your skin tongue, and throughout your
gut needs to be kept in balance — enough
diversity, and the right mix
of microbes — in order to fight disease, digest food, and prevent obesity.