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Herbsprout is a webblog and podcast dedicated to sharing the health benefits of herbs, food, innovations related to our gut microbiome. Herbsprout seeks to bridge the vast chasm dividing the mainstream medical community and alternative medicine.

Mediterranean diet & herbs show improved gut microbiome diversity

Feb
22
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Seniors can be a good case study for diet efficacy. A February 17, 2020 Medical Express and British Medical Journal reported an analysis of the gut microbiome of 612 people aged 65 to 79. It is commonly understood that as we age our gut microbiome diversity progressively decreases, particularly if we consume a limited diet in our waning years. People were tested in this age group before and after 12 months of either eating their usual diet (n = 289) or a Mediterranean diet (n = 323), rich in fruits, vegetables, nuts, legumes, olive oil and fish and low in red meat and saturated fats, and specially tailored to older people (NU-AGE diet).

The participants, who were either frail (n=28), on the verge of frailty (n=151), or not frail (n=433) at the beginning of the study, lived in five different countries: France, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, and the UK. 323 individuals agreed to follow a Mediterranean-type diet for 1 year, while the rest continued with their usual diets and acted as a control group.

Sticking to the Mediterranean diet for 12 months was associated with beneficial changes to the gut microbiome, rich in microbiome diversity.

(See articles, https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-02-mediterranean-diet-gut-bacteria-linked.amp ; and
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/amp/articles/mediterranean-diet-linked-to-gut-microbiome-improvements
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