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Psychobiotics: Your microbiome has the potential to improve your mental health, not just your gut health

The Mediterranean Diet

A good, varied diet is essential for good gut health. Health Experts recommend the Mediterranean diet, which has:

Fresh fruits and vegetables.
Beans and lentils.
Nuts and whole grain.
Usage of olive oil.
Fish, chicken and eggs.

It is also crucial to avoid sugar, cakes, and red meat.

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Inside your gastrointestinal (GI) tract are trillions of micro-organisms, including bacteria, fungi and viruses. You have roughly the same number of micro-organisms in there, mostly in the large intestine, as you do human cells in your entire body. But only 10% to 20% of the bacteria you have in your gut will be shared with anyone else.

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How the Western Diet Has Derailed Our Evolution - Issue 30: Identity - Nautilus

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