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5 things you can do to make your microbiome healthier

  • Written by Connie Rogers, Associate Professor of Nutritional Sciences , Pennsylvania State University
Fresh fruits and vegetables are good for you and your gut microbes. Teri Virbickis/Shutterstock.com

It’s common for people to focus on their health at the start of the year. But few consider the well being of the microbes that live inside the human gut – the microbiome – which are vital to an individual’s good health.

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