Pretty much everything you do could alter your microbial community, which is kind of scary as your microbiome has been shown to influence everything from obesity to mental health. For this reason, especially since beginning this class, I have made several conscious lifestyle changes that influence my microbiome. Firstly, I have begun to consume more probiotics. For me this means yogurt only, as I attempted to drink kombucha and was repulsed by the taste. The goal of probiotics is to out-compete bad bacteria by colonizing your gut. I would also consume prebiotic and synbiotic products, though I have not seen any product labeled as such.
Unintentionally, there is my normal diet, which may be providing less than ideal fuel for my microbes. Different microbes use different sources of energy, and my microbes mainly get processed junk. For the most part, they would probably be happier eating healthier foods, but for the moment they must suffer.
