New Study: 8 AMAZING things you (probably) never knew about gut bacteria

8 min readFeb 20

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QUICK SUMMARY: A new study published in Nature reveals 8 amazing nuggets of knowledge about the gut microbiome, including this one: When you are 85 years old, you will still have strains of gut bacteria inherited from your mum.

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Toni Harman

Written by Toni Harman

I help parents and health professionals better understand the science of pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding and the microbiome. https://linktr.ee/toniharman

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