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Consuming prebiotics, probiotics tied to less frailty

Eating foods containing live microbes, such as prebiotics and probiotics, reduced the prevalence of frailty by 17.5% among older adults who ate a moderate amount of those foods, and 22.1% among those with high intake, compared to those who ate fewer foods with live microbes, a recent study found. Foods with live microbes include yogurt, kefir, kimchi, miso, and tempeh.

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