Tim Spector MSC FRCP MD FRSB OBE on Instagram: "Are you getting enough fibre? If the answer is yes, you’re in the minority, as over 90% of us in the US and UK are not hitting the recommended 30g/day. The lack of fibre in our modern diets is thought to be a driver of human gut microbiome depletion and an associated increase in disease. An animal study published in Nature reported that when mice ate a low-fibre diet for 4 weeks, they experienced a 60% decrease in microbe diversity (PMID: 26762459)

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