Diet influences microbiome and microbiome influences disease risk Study: Microbiome connections with host metabolism and habitual diet from 1,098 deeply phenotyped individuals It is only recently (within the last decade) that science is understanding the link between our diet and observed health outcomes. Initiatives such as the Human Microbiome Project and advancements in next-gen sequencing and -omics (transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics etc..) technology have helped scientists answer questions such as, “can my diet influence my gut microbiome? What role does the microbiome play in inflammation? How does the gut-brain axis affect one’s mood? And, how do prebiotics and probiotics affect our gut...