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by sol_invictus 1456 days ago
Lifespan is a poor metric for quality of life. You can be alive whilst being plagued by multiple illness. Healthspan is what is important (how long you can live without suffering from a major ailment) and that is where gut microbiome plays an important role.
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No shit. That’s the point. I can draw a correlation between basically anything. That doesn’t make it interesting.