Gut bacteria holds the key to living to 100, study finds.
A new study by the University of Copenhagen has found that the secret to living to 100 could be down to a unique combination of gut bacteria. The study of 176 centenarians from Japan found that they had a huge variety of both bacteria and bacterial viruses in their guts, which is usually associated with a healthy gut microbiome. The researchers used a specially created algorithm to map the intestinal bacteria and bacterial viruses, and hope to replicate this bacterial variety to fight common diseases.
