The gut microbiome is a complex, ever-shifting collection of microbes that mediates much of the interaction between diet and health. This microbiome changes with age. The exploration of these changes is still a comparatively young field of research, even while expanding considerably in recent years. As we age, some of the beneficial species that produce useful metabolites decline in number, while some of the harmful species that can cause chronic inflammation prosper and expand. Chronic inflammation is an important aspect of degenerative aging, driving development and progressi…
Calling for a New Field of Gerobiotics to Reverse the Aging of the Gut Microbiome
The gut microbiome is a complex, ever-shifting collection of microbes that mediates much of the interaction between diet and health. This microbiome changes with age. The exploration of these changes is still a comparatively young field of research, even while expanding considerably in recent years. As we age, some of the beneficial species that produce useful metabolites decline in number, while some of the harmful species that can cause chronic inflammation prosper and expand. Chronic inflammation is an important aspect of degenerative aging, driving development and progressi…