Baby's gut bugs are shaped by diet

摘要

A baby's first peas are a life-changing event at least as far as the microbes in Its gut are concerned.rnRuth Ley at Cornell University in Ithaca. New York, and colleagues analysed the bacteria In stool samples from a baby boy from birth to the age of 1/2 - the first time this has been done while the baby's diet was recorded. Predictably, his gut microbes grew more numerous and diverse as he aged, but profound shifts occurred when he was sampling new foods.