It turns out that diet affects the makeup of normal flora of the intestines. In an article titled "Variety in diet can hamper microbial diversity in the gut" from microbeworld.org, scientist are reported to have discovered that fish having a more diverse diet, seemed to have a less diverse community of microbes living in their gut. And, fish with a less diverse diet, had a more diverse gut microbiome. This information could be helpful as scientist continue to study the effects of our gut flora on our physiology and potentially lead to better probiotics and potentially treatments.
Click here to access the article on microbeworld.org, and here to see the original article on Phys.org.
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