Human Microbiome Diversity: How Your Unique Microbes Shape Your Health

Your human microbiome diversity is as unique as your fingerprint, and it shapes how you digest food, defend against pathogens, and support overall health. By appreciating this diversity, you can start to tailor daily habits that nurture your microbes and, in turn, your well-being. This page dives into practical steps to support a thriving gut ecosystem, from diet to lifestyle, so you can harness the best of what your microbiome has to offer. InnerBuddies brings a modular, white-label Gut Health Operating System designed to power both consumer and partner products with deep microbiome insights. At the core is a Gut Microbiome Health Index, a 0–100 score that reflects the health of your gut microbiome, built on an exclusive IP agreement with EAFIT University in Colombia. You’ll also see Bacteria Abundances, including a top 40 panel that shows how you compare against a healthy cohort for both positive and negative microbes, and Bacteria Functions, which groups metabolic activities into categories labeled as positive or negative and benchmarked to the healthy reference. For targeted guidance, Target Group Analysis explores how your functional pathways relate to specific aims—Healthy Aging, Endurance Sport, Power Sport, Skin & Hair Health, and more. Learn more about how this works on the product page for our microbiome test: InnerBuddies microbiome test. Beyond assessment, InnerBuddies delivers practical, personalized recommendations. Your plan combines personalized nutrition advice drawn from three-day food diaries with a rich database showing how individual foods influence your gut microbiome, enabling nutrition guidance tailored to your unique composition. You’ll also receive personalized probiotics and prebiotics recommendations designed to match your objectives and your gut’s signals. This integrated approach makes it easier to translate microbiome insights into everyday actions, exercise strategies, and recovery routines that support your broader health goals. If you’re interested in ongoing access and coaching, you can explore the subscription option here: InnerBuddies gut health membership. InnerBuddies also enables a direct-to-consumer experience with gut test solutions and flexible options for partners. The same white-label platform that powers our B2B offerings is available to individuals and brands who want to understand and optimize human microbiome diversity in real-world settings. For brands and researchers looking to collaborate or integrate this capability into their own products, the InnerBuddies B2B program provides scalable, modular tools and insights. To learn more about partnering, visit the B2B page: InnerBuddies B2B page.