How to Keep Your Microbiome Healthy With Prebiotic Foods

Certain foods have health benefits for your microbiome, which in turn improves your overall health. Shutterstock

If you look at the classics, the most frequently cited articles in the scientific nutrition literature, the original glycemic index paper comes out at #10, cited over a thousand times. Learning about fruit, vegetables, and cancer prevention was a hallmark. But hitting the top five, cited more than 2,000 times, “Dietary modulation of the human colonic microbiota: introducing the concept of prebiotics.”