Keeping the beneficial bacteria in our guts happy and abundant is big business backed by fad diets and supplements claiming to hold the key to gut health. Now, researchers from the University of Sydney’s Faculty of Medicine and Health and Faculty of Science have found that genes play an active role in shaping bacteria communities, putting into question the idea that gut health is only influenced by diet. https://www.technologynetworks.com/tn/news/peptides-act-as-gardeners-of-the-microbiome-404698

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Keeping the beneficial bacteria in our guts happy and abundant is big business backed by fad diets and supplements claiming to hold the key to gut health. Now, researchers from the University of Sydney’s Faculty of Medicine and Health and Faculty of Science have found that genes play an active role in shaping bacteria communities, putting into question the idea that gut health is only influenced by diet.

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Peptides Act as "Gardeners of the Microbiome"

Peptides called alpha-defensins shape which gut bacteria thrive and which are weeded out, revealing that our bodies aren't passive hosts to our microbiome.