Take your probiotics!

[DianaCox]

Even if they aren’t tailored for your particular situation, evidence is mounting for the benefits of maintaining a healthy gut bacteria population and environment.

Fecal Transplants Reverse Hallmarks of Aging - Neuroscience News

Transplanting fecal microbiota from young mice to older mice reversed hallmark signs of aging in the gut, brains, and eyes. Transplanting the fecal microbiota from old to young mice had the reverse effect, inducing inflammation in the brain and depleting a key protein associated with healthy vision.

neurosciencenews.com

 

[hilary1617]

Wow. That is promising research!

 

[JackieOnLine]

it really is, and let's not forget you can get more and cheaper probiotics through eating fermented foods, which I struggle to do since I grew up not liking them. but I'm trying!

my healthy eating guru recently blogged about fermented foods:

fermented foods score a big win

from the link:

Eating the fermented foods – yogurt, kefir, kimchi, kraut and other fermented veggies, kombucha, and fermented cottage cheese lead to a significant increase in gut microbial diversity—
the most telling sign of a healthy gut microbiome!

and then there are pre-biotics are the foods your microbiome needs to eat. the fiber we grew up thinking was only good to have a better BM is actually their (it's?) only source of food.

feed your microbiome!