A wide body of evidence has shown that diet shapes the gut microbiome, and we can give our colony of beneficial gut micro-bugs a boost by feeding it more not-so-fresh foods.
After analyzing blood and stool samples of healthy adult participants, Stanford School of Medicine researchers found that a 10-week diet high in fermented foods (six servings daily) resulted in measurable improvements in microbiome diversity and decreases in markers of inflammation, suggesting the result was improved immune status.
