Mediterranean diet promotes gut bacteria linked to ‘healthy ageing’ in older people

Tuesday, February 18, 2020 - 08:00 in Health & Medicine

Eating a Mediterranean diet for a year boosts the types of gut bacteria linked to ‘healthy’ ageing, while reducing those associated with harmful inflammation in older people, indicates a five-country study, published online in the journal Gut. As aging is associated with deteriorating bodily functions and increasing inflammation, both of which herald the onset of frailty, […]

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