DIET: The New Science of Healthy Eating
The Next Big Idea
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The Microbe-Friendly Diet
We've lost nearly 50% of our gut species in the last hundred years, says Dr Andrew Weldon. A microbe-friendly diet looks like eating a more diverse range of plants every week, he adds. The rainbow, brightly colored foods have these defense chemicals called polyphenols, which used to be called antioxidants. And they're like rocket fuel for your gut microbes, we say.
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