New research enables “tailored” diet advice — based on our personal gut microbiome — for persons who want to lose weight and reduce the risk of disease. Systems biologists at Chalmers University of Technology have for the first time successfully identified in detail how some of our most common intestinal bacteria interact during metabolism. The researchers at Chalmers University of Technology have developed a mathematical calculation platform that makes it possible to predict how different…
Your stomach bacteria determines which diet is best for weight reduction
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