Whether you are searching for a simple way to improve your health, boost the effectiveness of your cancer treatment, or understand your complete lack of willpower when it comes to exercise, the answers could be found in your microbiome.
Two recent novel studies on exercise are pointing to similar conclusions—that the gut microbiome might be the reason we have trouble with fitness, and that intentional daily movement increases beneficial bacteria that improves the microbiome. The gut microbiome is the ecological community of organisms called microbes—bacteria, viruses, and fungi—that live inside our intestinal tract.
One study found colorectal cancer patients who exercised even moderately gained more healthy, diverse microbiomes and improved their treatment outcomes….