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Our gut microbiome plays a major role in our health, and luckily, we’re not short on advice for how to take care of it. Most recommendations focus on diet, like prioritizing fiber and probiotic-rich foods, along with lifestyle tweaks such as getting enough sleep and managing stress

Dr. Casey Means, a wellness influencer who rose to prominence by lambasting traditional medicine and accusing pharmaceutical companies of corruption, bore little resemblance to her online persona Wednesday when she appeared before the Senate

Gut bacteria influence social behavior through smell Neurobiologists have discovered that gut bacteria and the nose work together to shape social behavior in mice. These insights could inform research into animal behavior and, potentially, how microbe-produced odors might change perceptions and social responses in other species, including humans. Getty Images