Common Dietary Compounds Can Help to Improve Gut Microbiome Researchers at San Diego State University (SDSU) are saying that many common foods can be useful for boosting the diversity of the gut microbiome and thus promoting good health. Read Also: Study Shows That Probiotics Can Evolve Making Them Highly Unpredictable The research team studied some select foods from a long list of foods with antimicrobial properties. It found that these contain compounds that set off bacteriophages, or phages, which are viruses that infect and replicate within bacteria. The action of phages makes them useful for getting rid of harmful bacteria … Continue reading San Diego State: Common Foods Can Improve Gut Microbiome