Can you trust the results from gut microbiome tests? Maybe not

Read this before you make health decisions based on a consumer test of your gut microbes

A box labeled Human Fecal Material is open with four vials of samples visible.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology created a standardized fecal sample. Companies that analyzed identical samples of the standard produced results as varied as the microbes carried by different people.

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