Mediterranean Diet Feeds Gut Bacteria Linked to Healthy Aging

Mediterranean Diet Feeds Gut Bacteria Linked to Healthy Aging
The Mediterranean diet has garnered another verified health claim after researchers discovered it fostered gut bacteria associated with improved cognition and healthy aging. Antonina Vlasova/Shutterstock
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As our global population is projected to live longer than ever before, it’s important that we find ways of helping people live healthier for longer. Exercise and diet are often cited as the best ways of maintaining good health well into our twilight years. But recently, research has also started to look at the role our gut—specifically our microbiome—plays in how we age.
Our latest study has found that eating a Mediterranean diet causes microbiome changes linked to improvements in cognitive function and memory, immunity and bone strength.
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