Healthy Soil, Healthy Crops, Healthy Guts: Exploring the Soil–Plant–Human Microbiome Continuum
Healthy Soil, Healthy Crops, Healthy Guts: The Full Soil–Plant–Human Microbial Continuum The soil beneath our feet is teeming with life... Read more
Gut Health Meets Soil Microbes: The Surprising Connection You Need to Know
Discover the surprising link between soil microbes and gut health. The tiny life forms thriving in garden soil influence the nutrients in the produce we eat and, in turn, quietly shape digestion, immunity, and wellbeing. When we consider gut health and soil microbes together, we see a shared ecosystem where soil vitality and a robust gut microbiome feed each other. Simple actions—growing a diverse range of vegetables, adding compost, and minimizing chemical disturbances—can boost soil life and, by extension, support your gut health. Quick tips to boost both include eating a variety of high-fiber plants, enjoying fermented foods, and spending time outdoors to reconnect with soil life. InnerBuddies shines in this space with a white-label Gut Health Operating System that companies can use to power their gut microbiome testing products. It’s a modular platform packed with features designed to reveal how tiny microbes underpin digestion, immunity and wellbeing. The Gut Microbiome Health Index is a 0–100 score based on an exclusive IP deal with EAFIT University in Colombia, providing a clear, comparable measure of overall gut health. Bacteria abundances are tracked across a top-40 panel, so you can see where you stand against a healthy cohort. Bacteria functions are categorized and labeled as positive or negative, helping you understand how metabolic pathways influence health, again in comparison with a healthy baseline. There’s Target Group analysis for audiences like Healthy Aging, Endurance Sport, Skin & Hair Health, and more, plus personalized nutrition advice drawn from 3-day food diaries to tailor guidance to your gut microbiome. You also receive personalized probiotics and prebiotics recommendations. Learn more about the test here: InnerBuddies microbiome test. InnerBuddies also offers consumer-ready solutions, making the same core platform accessible to individuals who want to monitor and optimize their gut health over time. For businesses, the B2B path explains how to partner and bring this capability to your product line: become a partner. For ongoing personal support, you can explore a subscription option: InnerBuddies gut health membership, designed to provide ongoing insights and updates tailored to your unique gut microbiome. Quick, practical tips to boost both gut health and soil microbes: opt for a diverse, fiber-rich diet with a wide range of plant foods to nourish your gut microbiome and enrich the soil food web in your garden; incorporate fermented foods like yogurt, kefir, sauerkraut, and miso to introduce beneficial microbes; cultivate a variety of herbs and vegetables to keep both soils and guts diverse; spend time outdoors in nature to expose yourself to soil microbes while maintaining good hygiene and food safety; minimize unnecessary antibiotics that can disrupt microbial balance. A simple 3-day food diary can help the InnerBuddies system tailor nutrition and probiotic guidance to your unique gut microbiome, so you can optimize gut health and soil-microbe synergy with personalized insights.