
3 ways to improve your health through your gut microbiome
CNN
Microorganisms may not sound appealing, but the living things in your body form your microbiome, which plays an essential part in many of your body's functions. Experts share simple ways to increase the diversity of your microbiome.
Called the microbiome, it consists of the millions of organisms that live in us and on us, said Elizabeth Corwin, vice dean of strategic and innovative research at the Columbia University School of Nursing. And a healthy microbiome is a crucial part of good health.

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