Agreed, it's sensationalism, both the writer and the conductor of the study. My experience in academia is that researchers rely heavily on controversy and dram

Agreed, it's sensationalism, both the writer and the conductor of the study. My experience in academia is that researchers rely heavily on controversy and drama to further their studies. It's part of the game they have to play to continue to receive funding or gain attention in the public eye. The author of the paper seems like he's marketing a problem that he'll try to solve in the coming years, by building a company that offers bespoke probiotic solutions based on analysis of an individual customer's microbiome. Not a bad business model honestly, it's spreadshirt for your gut. NB: I run a nutrition company and have an MS