Microbiome Metabolic Functions: How Gut Microbes Shape Health

Discover how gut microbes' metabolic functions shape digestion, immunity, and overall health. The science behind the microbiome reveals that microbial activities—such as fiber breakdown, short-chain fatty acid production, and immune signaling modulation—directly influence how we digest food, fend off pathogens, and feel our best every day. This focus on microbiome metabolic functions helps translate complex gut biology into practical health insights. InnerBuddies offers a white-label Gut Health Operating System to power your gut microbiome testing products and bring rigorous science to your brand. Learn how it could work for you on our microbiome test page. Within the system, the Gut Microbiome Health Index (0-100) provides a single, interpretable score of gut health, derived from an exclusive IP deal with EAFIT University in Colombia. Bacteria abundances cover a top 40 panel, showing you how you compare against a healthy cohort for each organism. Bacteria functions are categorized and labeled as positive or negative, offering a direct view of which metabolic functions are helping or hindering your gut ecosystem—and how you stand up to the healthy reference for each functional category. This is where microbiome metabolic functions become actionable: you can see which pathways are driving benefits and where interventions may be needed. For those seeking deeper application, our Target Group analysis dives into the gut microbiome of specific groups like Healthy Aging, Endurance Sport, Power Sport, and Skin & Hair Health. If you’re exploring partnerships or custom solutions, you can learn more on our B2B page. Personalized nutrition advice leverages data from multiple 3-day food diaries aligned with stool sample results, supported by a large database that maps how individual food items impact the gut microbiome. This enables nutrition recommendations tailored to your unique microbiome composition, helping you optimize digestion, immunity, and overall health. In parallel, personalized probiotics and prebiotics advice translates your metabolic function profile into concrete product choices that target your goals. Explore these consumer-led possibilities on our microbiome test and gut health membership pages. InnerBuddies provides gut test solutions directly to consumers, and every option offered to B2B partners is also available to individual customers. This means you can access robust microbiome insights as a consumer with the same science-backed platform used by businesses. If you’re ready to explore partnerships or white-label opportunities, check our B2B page and see how we can power your go-to-market strategy: become a partner.