How to improve your microbiome profile?

• The gut microbiome may produce chemicals affecting our brains. 
• For example, serotonin, a good-feel chemical/neurotransimiter is mostly produced in the gut. 
• Microbes may help its production. 
• The gut is connected to the brain through numerous nerves.
•  The gut...

• There more microbes in your gut than your cells in your body
• Various diseases are linked to gut health. 
• Some of which: irritable bowel syndrome, obesity, heart disease, diabetes, depression and other mental disorders.  
• Best way to improve your gut health is by addi...

Gut dysbiosis is a term referring to the imbalance between good and bad microbes in our gut.

• Most microbes in your body live in your intestines, more specifically in the cecum, in the large intestine. 
• There are about 40 trillion bacteria, compared to your own cell count, 30 trillion. 
• The total amount of microbes contributes to your body weight about 1–2 kg. 

• Digest the healthy sugars in breast milk which are essential for normal growth for babies. 
• Digest dietary fiber, producing short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) which positively affect our health. 
• Controlling immune system, thus possibly enhancing our body's immunity to infection...

• In many studies involving identical twins, we observed that the one with obesity has different gut microbiome than the other with healthy weight. 
• Consequently, differences between gut microbiome are not genetic.
• In a mice study, we transferred the microbiome of the obese twi...

Gut microbiome is a word describing microbes – viruses, bacteria, fungi, archaea etc. – which live in your gut. Usually, gut bacteria are the microbes that mostly affect our wellbeing. (Partly because we have only studied bacteria most thoroughly.)

• The gut microbiome may influence blood sugar level. 
• In a study of 33 infants with high risk of getting type 1 diabetes, the diversity of infants' microbiome decreased before getting type 1 diabetes. 
• The number of unhealthy microbes also increased. 
• People eating the...