As for the high performers, there were five with a perfect 1,000 score—kale, collards, mustard greens, watercress, and Swiss chard. Bok choy, spinach, arugula, and romaine were the next four highest scores. In other words, greens were the top nine foods on the list. This wasn’t a list restricted to just greens. All foods were eligible, yet greens h

In short, probiotics are living bacteria that have been demonstrated to have beneficial qualities to us humans. Prebiotics induce the growth or beneficial qualities of the probiotics. They’re essentially food for the good bugs. Postbiotics are the healthy compounds produced by bacterial metabolism.

Diversity of plants is the number one predictor of a healthy gut microbiota

Celiac is a genetically motivated disease. This means that you must carry the gene for celiac to get it. If you don’t have the gene, you can’t have the disease. About 35 percent of Americans carry the gene for celiac but only 1 percent manifest the disease. In the last fifty years we’ve seen a 500 percent increase in celiac disease. So what explain

Believe it or not, there was a 40 percent increase in healthy microbes with exercise. Similarly, in adult humans we see increased SCFA-producing gut microbes with regular exercise. The effect is lost when you stop moving.

We need a little help from our friends. You can give the exact same food to two different people and the differences in their microbiota will determine what they ultimately get out of that food. Mind blowing, isn’t it?

It’s all about the cruciferous veggies, specifically broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, and kale. But there is one food that dominates all others in terms of offering more sulforaphane: broccoli sprouts. These are essentially immature broccoli, where the seed has just recently hatched and we have the earliest thing beyond a seed. The

But you don’t need to have diabetes to show an influence from your gut microbiota! In another study, researchers discovered that foods had a very different blood sugar response in each person. The gut microbiome was responsible for this unique response. Using solely an individual’s gut microbial profile, they were able to predict which foods would

More than 99 percent of your DNA comes from microbes. Yes, your genes are less than 1 percent human! Further, our human genomes are virtually identical—up to 99.9 percent the same. But our microbiomes may be as much as 90 percent different from one person to the next.