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What do you expect from results of your microbiota analysis?

When you analyse your gut microbiota, what are the type of results you would expect?
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Hi, everybody. I’m interested in gut microbiota analysis because I am curious about the microbes that lives in my gut, especially because I’m affected by celiac disease. So I would like to know if my specific diet could change my microbiota and how specific bacteria species could change based on what I eat. Maybe a diet without gluten can select the specific bacteria that make me more sensitive to some intestinal problems. If that is true, I would like to know how I can improve my microbiota. Thank you. About the analysis of but microbiota, what kind of results I will expect from the analysis?
64.3
Well, I would like to know what it looks to be missing in terms of microorganism which provide benefits to my own health and how, why this flock is linked with my usual and the daily feeding. Then, of course, I would be curious to know the name of the predominant organism of my gut microbiota and to know something about their specific role. You are deciding to do an analysis of your gut microbiota. What kind of result do you expect from the analysis? Well, I would like to know if for the whole food I’m eating is affecting my microbiome. If I need to stop eating them, but I hope I don’t have to.
109.9
What kind of results would I like from the gut microbiome analysis? Well, first of all, I would like to know if I can blame my microbiome for not liking to eat certain things like eggplants or Brussels sprouts. But more importantly, I would really like to know what I should eat and how much in order to support my well being and health for the future. If I get my gut microbiome tested, I will expect to have a very diverse population of microbes because I eat very different foods. And I try to variegate my diet, including fomented foods such as cheese, kefir, pickles, and I’m also big fan of vegetables, especially the leafy green ones, the prebiotic of our diet.
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If I decided to analyse my gut microbiota, from the results, I’d hope I could understand better which species predominate in my gut, what their physiologic roles and relevance are, and how they could be interfering with my immune system and my mood. That could be an interesting tool to identify novel ways of improving overall health. Hello, everyone. I’m interested in analysing my gut microbiota because I am an overweight person. So I would like to know the composition of my gut microbiota and if it is different from a normal weight person. And I would like to know if there are any bacteria that can be associated with degenerative diseases such a colon cancer. Thank you. Hello, everyone.
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I’m interested in the association of food with good microbiota. I’m trying to follow as much as I can a healthy diet, reducing the amount of meat and processed meat and eating a lot of legumes, fibre, and vegetables. I would like to know more about my good microbiota because I know that vegetable-rich diet compared to the omnivorous one has a beneficial role in the prevention of the gastrointestinal disorder. So I want to know if I’m doing a good job. I would like to receive a detailed report showing the identity card of my gut microbiota indicating the type and percentage of bacteria.

The microbiota analysis allows you to understand the type of the microorganisms are present in a sample. In this way you can look into the diversity of your gut, skin or respiratory tract. However, what do you expect when performing a gut microbiota analysis? Look at the video and you will get some insights of what people thinks about!

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