We Are What We Eat: AI and the Human Microbiome

"Trust your gut," it turns out, is great advice -- literally. Researchers are striving to show that what goes on in our stomachs, intestines and elsewhere in our bodies has a huge, and often unseen, effect on our quality of life. The bacteria, fungi, viruses and protozoa in our digestive tracts and on our skin -- known as the microbial biome, or microbiome -- could prove to play an enormous role in determining our health, well-being, moods, longevity and even weight. Microbiome researchers would argue that the microbiome may play as important a role as DNA in shaping our individual destinies. Like DNA, the microbiome is incredibly complex.