Do you eat what your gut microbiome prefers?
We’ve all heard the saying “you are what you eat,” but new microbiome research is shedding light on this old adage, with a more modern-day update being “you are what your gut-microbiome wants you to eat.” Let’s look at why this is the case.
A growing body of evidence indicates that our gut microbiome may be one of the factors influencing our food choices.
Microorganisms that live in our gut may influence what we eat!
To explore the influence of the gut microbiome on diet selection behavior, Trevelline and Kohl conducted an experiment in 2022 to study the influence of gut microbes on the diet selection behaviors in mice.
The classic expression, “you are what you eat,” may soon be reframed as “you are [also] what your microbiome wants you to eat.”
Following that, the donor germ-free mice were randomly divided into three treatment groups, each based on the donor species: – Carnivore (i.e., predatory-based) – Herbivore (i.e., plant-based) – Omnivore (i.e., inclusive-based)
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