Western diets damage gut microbiota over generations, in ways hard to reverse

Wednesday, January 13, 2016 - 15:30 in Health & Medicine

It may take more than a tub of yogurt to reverse the effects that a high-fat, low-fiber diet have wrought in the bellies of men and women in the industrialized world, says new research. Indeed, the depletion of gut microbes that comes with diets deficient in fiber extend well beyond the lives of...

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