New Research on How Microbes Affect Aging

Newswise — CHICAGO- Britt Burton-Freeman, Ph.D., Director, Center for Nutrition Research, IIT’s Institute for Food Safety and Health (IFSH), says polyphenols and resistant starch could be used to help people live longer by changing the microbiome, the microbes that live in our gut.

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Polyphenols and resistant starch could be used to help people live longer by changing the microbiome, the microbes that live in our gut.