Disclaimer: I claim no benefit if you make purchase or do not. I am simply sharing and my own report. My opinions are not to be used as substitute for medical diagnosis or treatment. I didn't share this anywhere else.
What is uBiome? it's a sequencing microbiome sequencing service that provides information and tools for us to explore the populations of bacteria that live inside our guts. It's made possible by the research from NIH Human Microbiome Project How? you purchase a kit with instructions which allows them to collect your sample from mouth, nose, skin, gut, or genitals and send it back to them by mail. Once they received the kit in their labs in San Francisco they sequence it and email you to view your results. Register your collection kit on their website before sending it back to them It took a couple of weeks to view my results. How can they tell which bacteria is in my sample? simply each microorganism has unique molecular DNA sequence that is 99% similar to each other. The difference in each makes it unique. The bacteria sequence is determined by 16S-sequencing millions of sequences are then compared to large databases of bacteria sequences collected and shared over the years. Results? I will share with you my own report so you can see what it look like. Keep in mind that the report that you get may look different and new information may be added.
Thoughts:
would it be cool to see how I am fairing out next week? next month? next year?
how does my diet change my my gut diversity?
how do I compare when I get sick?
What does your gut diversity report look like?
by the way I think this is really cool and I couldn't wait to share it with you all!
I just got my own results a few weeks ago. I find the summary information to be somewhat helpful, but the "compare" tab data to be much more so. High level firmicute:bacteroidete numbers don't really tell you anything. It's getting to the family, phylum, species level that gives you actionable data.
My akkermansia count was also very low, so I'm currently supplementing with FOS to see if that will bring it up. If that doesn't work, cranberry extract has also been shown to work in mice, so that will be my next step.
I found this post very helpful in interpreting the data from my test: https://www.vitamodularis.org/articles/how_to_interpret_your_microbiome_data.shtml
thanks. I sent another kit back to the lab, I will be comparing the results from last year to see what changes happened. What is supplementing with FOS? vegetables?
FOS is fructo-oligosacharrides, a prebiotic that has been shown to increase akkermansia counts in human studies. It also seems to feed quite a few other species, so I'm not 100% confident it will work. Here's the Amazon link to what I'm using.
I plan on sending in another sample in 3-6 months once I've had a chance to feed them and let them grow, so we'll see! I've had good success with prebiotic supplementation in the past.
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Although I don't understand all of it. The parts I do understand look good.