How did the microbiome of our ancestors look before it was altered by sanitation, antibiotics, and junk food?
The Sonnenburgs think fiber is so important that they’ve given it a new designation: microbiota-accessible carbohydrates, or MACs. They think that the mismatch between the Westernized, MAC-starved microbiome and the human genome may predispose to Western diseases.
Many who study the microbiome suspect we are experiencing an extinction within that parallels the extinction gripping the planet.
Our ancestral microbe variety may have faded over time due, simply, to our fiber-poor diet.
The Sonnenburgs think fiber is so important that they’ve given it a new designation: microbiota-accessible carbohydrates, or MACs. They think that the mismatch between the Westernized, MAC-starved microbiome and the human genome may predispose to Western diseases.
Many who study the microbiome suspect we are experiencing an extinction within that parallels the extinction gripping the planet.
Our ancestral microbe variety may have faded over time due, simply, to our fiber-poor diet.
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