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Eating the rainbow is only the beginning.

The phytonutrients in colorful foods interact with the ecosystem within us. Gut microbes can transform many of these plant compounds into new metabolites, while phytonutrients can also influence the composition and activity of the microbiome.

It’s a two-way conversation: plants ↔ microbes ↔ us.

And because our microbiomes differ, two people can eat the same food and produce different phytochemical metabolites.

I think of this as a kind of Phyto-Fitness: cultivating the microbial ecosystem that helps us interact with the chemistry of plants.

Eat the rainbow. Feed the ecosystem. Keep the conversation going.

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To celebrate the arrival of Spring and the warmer weather, we will now begin at 8:30 am and be done by 10:00am ✅

Yes from this week onwards, starting tomorrow 1st of September ☀️☝️

Evening classes remain unchanged with a 6:00pm start 🌕

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While fiber itself has many important health benefits, some of its protective effects may actually be due to the presence of polyphenols, a class of phytonutrients found in plant foods. https://bit.ly/2qFGw8F

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