Compared to other scientific research areas, the gut microbiome — the collection of microbes and their genetic material that lives in your G.I. tract — is still relatively young. And that means there are many more questions than there are answers, says Suzanne Devkota, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Cedars-Sinai Division of Gastroenterology and the director of the Cedars Human Microbiome Research Institute.
“A lot of microbiome research is a lot of associations: This microbe goes up when you have this disease,” says Devkota. “It's missing the deep science, the mechanistic ‘Why does it happen?’ That's the biggest gap. We probably know 10 percent, and the other 90 percent is in the mechanism. We don't know how this happens."
Despite the vast lack of knowledge on the topic, false claims continue to spread. Here, Devkota breaks down the biggest misconceptions people have about gut health — and what the current research actually shows.
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