Forbes November 29, 2024
The people you spend the most time with outside your home might be playing a role in the composition of the microbes residing in your gut. In fact, your social connections are not only sharing their free time with you but also their gut microbiomes, according to a recent Nature study.
“Pairs of people who greet each other with a kiss on the cheek have the highest median (gut microbiome) strain-sharing rate. When the reciprocity of the relationship is considered (that is, both people need to nominate each other for the tie to be deemed present), we observed increased microbiome sharing in all relationship types (except for partner),” the researchers wrote. “Having relationships with people who are also connected to...
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