As I’m supposed to write about how my diet might affect my microbiome, one major thought comes to mind: The effects of a low carb diet on the microbiome. As someone trying and succeeding at weight loss, my main goal in eating low carb has been to directly manipulate my metabolism for fat burning rather than glucose burning. This could very well affect the kinds of microbes living in my body, since bacteria having high carb demands would not survive very well on my diet. I imagine the kinds of microbes I’m cultivating are ones that rely heavily on fat, protein, and fibre for fuel. Hopefully, this means these are the bacteria that can further influence my food preferences to continue sticking to my diet, and live a healthy life.
