July 3, 2015

You no longer live in a world where you can pretend you’re only eating for one; the trillions of bacteria in your gut, we now know, also feed on what you put in your mouth—and they behave very differently depending on what that is. 

Read more in the short article, In Defense of Fiber: How Changing Your Diet Changes Your Gut Bacteria.

And another concise post on Scientific American, The Gut’s Microbiome Changes Rapidly with Diet.