{"id":495949,"date":"2026-02-28T17:02:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T17:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/495949\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T17:02:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T17:02:12","slug":"gut-microbiome-tests-are-trendy-but-not-as-reliable-as-you-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/495949\/","title":{"rendered":"Gut microbiome tests are trendy \u2014 but not as reliable as you think"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-apitype=\"text\" data-contentid=\"UBHK2YSQTNH5NITYUEKJCCFQFE\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-heFNVF wpds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\">Dozens of at-home testing companies claim that they can analyze the bacteria, fungi and other microbes in your stool to create a snapshot of your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wellness\/2025\/10\/08\/what-to-eat-healthy-gut-microbiome\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">gut microbiome<\/a> \u2014 the community of trillions of microorganisms living in your digestive tract \u2014 and then advise you on things like which diet you should follow and what supplements you should take to optimize your health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dozens of at-home testing companies claim that they can analyze the bacteria, fungi and other microbes in your&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":495950,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[97],"class_list":["post-495949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/495950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=495949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}