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Gut microbiome in inflammatory and metabolic diseases | Suzanne Devkota, PhD

The Proof with Simon Hill

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Diversity in the Microbiome

Diversity is probably the one metric in the microbiome field that everyone looks at. The more different types of bacteria that you have, the more essential functions can be carried out by your gut. And also, there's a lot of like redundancy in your microbiome. So if you were to take a new drug or change your diet and it caused a dropout of some of your bacteria, the more diversity you have would give you a better chance of still being able to carry out those essential functions.

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