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New research suggests that gut and mouth microbiome can influence sleep. Humans have trillions of bacteria, viruses and fungi that make up the body's microbiota. Dr Kin Yuen is sleep specialist and spokesperson for the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. She says there has been a predominant theory that having sleep disorders is disruptive to our microbiomes.
But new evidence suggests it is a relationship that could go in both directions: healthy, diverse microbiome could help us fall asleep and stay asleep.
