title: Eat Well, or Get Roommates Who Do.
abstract: In the January issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Griffin et al. (2017) report that the intestinal microbiome adapts to dietary practices. Restricted diversity induced by a typical American diet reflects a durable loss of taxa that is replenished only when dietary manipulation is accompanied by exposure to a healthier microbiota.
authors.affiliation: Obesity, Metabolism and Nutrition Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA. Electronic address: lmkaplan@mgh.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: Lee M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Kaplan
authors.affiliation: Obesity, Metabolism and Nutrition Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brancale
mesh_terms: D004032:Diet; D000069196:Gastrointestinal Microbiome; D064307:Microbiota