The Viome Blog

The latest ideas, insights, and inspiration, expertly curated to empower you on your health journey. Learn more about systems biology and the many ways the microbiome plays a critical role in your health & wellness.

Summer Arugula Watermelon Salad

Summer Arugula Watermelon Salad

Nothing says summer like a big, sweet watermelon.

Most Recent

Loading...
Avocado Pesto Pasta Salad

Avocado Pesto Pasta Salad

Classic pesto sauce gets a nutrition upgrade with the addition of an avocado.

Polyphenols: Your Nutritional Superhero

Nutrition

Polyphenols: Your Nutritional Superhero

Among other synergistic compounds, polyphenols are the standout powerhouse behind a plant-based diet.

Your Summer Guide To Eating Well & Feeling Great

Nutrition

Your Summer Guide To Eating Well & Feeling Great

More than spring, fall, or winter, summer evokes relaxation and play. Read on for tips to help you savor the season!https://www.viome.com/blog/

How to Discover the Best Diet for Your Skin

How to Discover the Best Diet for Your Skin

Viome partner and skin expert Rachel Varga shares how she helps her clients get clearer, glowing skin, with the help of personalized nutrition.

Nutrition and Oral Health: How to Eat for a Healthy Smile

Oral Health

Nutrition and Oral Health: How to Eat for a Healthy Smile

What you eat affects the health of your mouth, and can affect the development of oral conditions.

Increasing Energy: Are We Looking in All the Wrong Places?

Increasing Energy: Are We Looking in All the Wrong Places?

To create more energy, we need to learn how to fuel the central powerhouse in our cells - the mitochondria.

How to Lighten Up Your Holiday Weekend Cookout

How to Lighten Up Your Holiday Weekend Cookout

Your celebratory holiday weekend cookout doesn’t have to be unhealthy, but can still be delicious.

Maintaining a Healthy Mouth: 5 Simple Tips

Oral Health

Maintaining a Healthy Mouth: 5 Simple Tips

Your mouth is home to countless bacteria. But there are plenty of things you can do to keep your oral hygiene in top shape.

10 Surprising Things You Can Learn from Viome’s Full Body Intelligence Test

Viome Guides

10 Surprising Things You Can Learn from Viome’s Full Body Intelligence Test

The impact of the human microbiome on health has become quite a hot topic.

The Viome Microbiome Refresher Course

Science

The Viome Microbiome Refresher Course

From the top of the tube all the way to the bottom, microbes have a lot of space to live on.

5 Herbs and Spices You Should Try This National Herbs and Spices Day

Nutrition

5 Herbs and Spices You Should Try This National Herbs and Spices Day

Herbs and spices can do so much more than give your dishes that extra zest of flavor.

Fun Ways to Stay Fit as a Family

Lifestyle

Fun Ways to Stay Fit as a Family

Family movement and exercise cultivates bonding, healthy habits, and a little less screen time.

The Microbiome Makeover: Conditioning Your Gut for a Healthier You

Nutrition

The Microbiome Makeover: Conditioning Your Gut for a Healthier You

Get a few tips to help keep your microbiome in a healthy balance and you feeling your best.

Summer, Set, Go: 5 Ways to Look & Feel Your Best This Summer

Summer, Set, Go: 5 Ways to Look & Feel Your Best This Summer

Get ready to feel your summer best from the top of your head to the tips of your toes in the sand.

Dads Play a Special Role in the Gut Microbiome

Dads Play a Special Role in the Gut Microbiome

Mom isn’t the only one to influence their child’s microbiome. As it turns out, Dad plays a role too!

Tasty, Tangy, Yogurt & Herb Potato Salad

Tasty, Tangy, Yogurt & Herb Potato Salad

Swapping out mayo with Greek yogurt, this herby potato salad is light on calories, big on flavor.

Prep Your Superfoods Like a Pro

Wellness

Prep Your Superfoods Like a Pro

Celebrate National Fruit & Vegetable Month with some delicious inspiration.

Iced Mango Pineapple Green Tea

Recipes

Iced Mango Pineapple Green Tea

A naturally sweetened green iced tea, perfect for sipping in the summer sunshine.

Get Away From it All Without Going Anywhere: 4 Ways to Relax in or Near Your Own Backyard

Lifestyle

Get Away From it All Without Going Anywhere: 4 Ways to Relax in or Near Your Own Backyard

It’s officially time to enjoy some well-deserved R&R–outside.

Grilled Shrimp & Zucchini Skewers

Grilled Shrimp & Zucchini Skewers

Warmer weather means it’s time to grill! Here’s a light shrimp dish perfect for summer.

Illuminating the Health Benefits of Sunlight

Wellness

Illuminating the Health Benefits of Sunlight

Sol gives life to planet Earth, and is essential to our health and well-being.

Summer-yum Fruity, Fresh Salad

Recipes

Summer-yum Fruity, Fresh Salad

A colorful salad with the best summer has to offer, plus cucumber for crunch!

How to Find Your Community to Support Your Health Journey

Lifestyle

How to Find Your Community to Support Your Health Journey

Groups you are part of create connection and can be a positive influence on your health journey.

Leaky Gum Syndrome: What You Don't Know About Your Poor Oral Health Can Hurt You

Oral Health

Leaky Gum Syndrome: What You Don't Know About Your Poor Oral Health Can Hurt You

You may have heard about how a “leaky gut” can affect your health. But what about “leaky gums?"

How Your Everyday Food Choices Are Influencing Your Mood

Nutrition

How Your Everyday Food Choices Are Influencing Your Mood

What does the Gut-Brain Axis have to do with the foods you eat and your day to day mood? More than you think!

Why You Should Move More to Boost Digestion

Lifestyle

Why You Should Move More to Boost Digestion

Turns out movement is good for your body and your microbes. How can physical activity benefit your gut microbiome balance and diversity?

Summer Squash, Corn, and Onion Quiche with Sweet Potato Crust

Recipes

Summer Squash, Corn, and Onion Quiche with Sweet Potato Crust

A sweet potato crust gives this delicious, vegetable-packed, quiche recipe an original twist

Spiced Lentil and Rice Stew

Spiced Lentil and Rice Stew

Lentils, vegetables and bone broth with a special ingredient–spiced ginger tea–make for a flavorful Ayurvedic-inspired stew

A Fit Microbiome: Movements that Have a Positive Impact on Your Gut

Wellness

A Fit Microbiome: Movements that Have a Positive Impact on Your Gut

We all know movement is good for cardio and metabolic health. But did you know it can also affect your gut health?

Move More to Boost Digestion

Gut Health

Move More to Boost Digestion

Daily movement and exercise not only tones your muscles and improves your cardiovascular health–it can also help boost healthy digestion.

How to create change that sticks; it’s possible—just not easy

Lifestyle

How to create change that sticks; it’s possible—just not easy

Why is change so hard sometimes? Living a better, healthier, fitter, and happier life involves a little bit of planning and strategy, and lots of patience and support.

Energy Builder Strawberry Banana Smoothie

Recipes

Energy Builder Strawberry Banana Smoothie

Only 5 ingredients pack this fruit smoothie with tons of nutrients and naturally sweet deliciousness.

Movement to Improve Your Sleep-Wake Cycle

Lifestyle

Movement to Improve Your Sleep-Wake Cycle

Movement has many benefits to our health and wellness, including improving our sleep. Choose your types of exercise and times of the day wisely!

Whipped Muhammara Dip

Recipes

Whipped Muhammara Dip

A lighter take on this Middle Eastern roasted red pepper and walnut dip, with balsamic vinegar instead of pomegranate molasses for sweetness.

Could Rural Living Be Better For Your Gut? How Built Environments Influence Your Health

Lifestyle

Could Rural Living Be Better For Your Gut? How Built Environments Influence Your Health

How does urbanization affect our environmental ecosystems and the ecosystems within our bodies?

Everything is Connected: The Relationship Between Body and Planet

Science

Everything is Connected: The Relationship Between Body and Planet

How do the ecosystems and microbiomes in our body mimic the beautifully diverse ecosystems on the earth?

Does Your Child Have a Healthy Gut? Plus 5 Tips to Support Gut Health

Gut Health

Does Your Child Have a Healthy Gut? Plus 5 Tips to Support Gut Health

What should you be on the lookout for to ensure your child maintains a healthy gut microbiome and digestion?

5 Ways to Show Your Mom (or Mother Figure) You Love, Support, and Empower Her on Mother’s Day

Lifestyle

5 Ways to Show Your Mom (or Mother Figure) You Love, Support, and Empower Her on Mother’s Day

Here are a few creative ways to show you love, support, and empower the mothers in your life this Mother’s Day.

The Magic of Motherhood: From Superorganisms to Superheroes

Lifestyle

The Magic of Motherhood: From Superorganisms to Superheroes

There are many modern miracles but others are as old as time. 

How Your Oral Microbiome Impacts Your Mouth Health and Whole Body Health

Oral Health

How Your Oral Microbiome Impacts Your Mouth Health and Whole Body Health

Ginger Chicken & Asparagus Stir-Fry

Recipes

Ginger Chicken & Asparagus Stir-Fry

Eat to Boost Your Immunity

Nutrition

Eat to Boost Your Immunity

How to select foods that are rich in nutrients that can give our built-in defense system the fuel it needs to help optimize immunity.

Wait! Don’t Throw Out Those Food Scraps!

Recipes

Wait! Don’t Throw Out Those Food Scraps!

Turn trash into treasure by cooking with peel, stalks, grounds, old bread, and more!

Jerusalem Artichoke and Leek Soup with Parmesan

Jerusalem Artichoke and Leek Soup with Parmesan

5 Ways to Teach Your Kids Healthy Eating Habits

Wellness

5 Ways to Teach Your Kids Healthy Eating Habits

The Many Microbiomes and How They Work Together for Total Health

Science

The Many Microbiomes and How They Work Together for Total Health

The various microbiomes in our body differ in their locations and functions. How do they all work together to help make your body healthy?

How to Create Your First Vegetable Garden

Lifestyle

How to Create Your First Vegetable Garden

Imagine walking outside to pick a juicy, ripe tomato, warm off the vine.

Spring Green Salad with Avocados, Strawberries, Toasted Almonds, and Tarragon

Spring Green Salad with Avocados, Strawberries, Toasted Almonds, and Tarragon

A salad bursting with flavor and nutrients, fresh and spring-ready with greens and avocado.

Eat to Protect Your Health

Nutrition

Eat to Protect Your Health

So many factors we don’t have control over impact our quality of life. What do we have control over? What we EAT.

Spring Avocado Toasts with Poached Egg, Radish, and Asparagus

Recipes

Spring Avocado Toasts with Poached Egg, Radish, and Asparagus

8 Tips to Prepare Your Gut for Traveling

Wellness

8 Tips to Prepare Your Gut for Traveling

Before you book your flight and pack your bags for that well-deserved travel break…is preparing your gut on your pre-travel checklist?

Why One Superfood Might Not Be So Super For You

Why One Superfood Might Not Be So Super For You

Superfoods are power-packed with nutrients that are good for your health, unless they are not personally good for you.

Spring Cleaning? Start with Your Gut!

Wellness

Spring Cleaning? Start with Your Gut!

Spring is time for renewal, including your gut health. How do you Spring Clean your gut safely and effectively?

Springing Into Action: Movement to Boost Your Gut Health

Wellness

Springing Into Action: Movement to Boost Your Gut Health

How getting your body moving can make an impact on your digestion, microbe diversity and gut health.

How to Spring Forward

How to Spring Forward

Longer days are coaxing us to wake up and shake up our routines—for the better. Take a cue from this season of growth and renewal and recalibrate your body and mind. Here’s how.

The Pros (and Cons) of Ashwagandha

The Pros (and Cons) of Ashwagandha

What Does Your Gut Say?

How to Make Supplements a Habit That Sticks

Viome Guides

How to Make Supplements a Habit That Sticks

Remembering to take your supplements can be difficult. What can you do when those bottles start piling up?

FDA Grants Breakthrough Device Designation for a Viome Device for the Proposed Intended Use

FDA Grants Breakthrough Device Designation for a Viome Device for the Proposed Intended Use

FDA Grants Breakthrough Device Designation for a Viome Device for the Proposed Intended Use

Viome Oral and Throat Cancer detection test designated Breakthrough Device for accelerated Review by FDA

Viome Oral and Throat Cancer detection test designated Breakthrough Device for accelerated Review by FDA

Breakthrough test built on Viome’s Proprietary RNA Analysis Technology and State of the Art AI platform

How to Determine Your Baseline for Health

Viome Guides

How to Determine Your Baseline for Health

Discovering Love from the Inside Out

Discovering Love from the Inside Out

These days, the act of self-love is less an afterthought, and more a ‘forgotten’ thought.

Embracing Hygge for Better Health

Lifestyle

Embracing Hygge for Better Health

What is Hygge, and how can following this self-care concept ‌improve your health?

The Giving Season Starts with You

The Giving Season Starts with You

Scientists have shown that our ability to manage or overcome daily stress (and cope in healthy ways) relies more heavily on our health than previously thought.

What Customers are Saying About Following Their Viome Results and Recommendations

What Customers are Saying About Following Their Viome Results and Recommendations

What are Viome customers saying about following their test results and recommendations?

4 Perks of Taking Postbiotics

Gut Health

4 Perks of Taking Postbiotics

Learn what postbiotics, which postbiotics are in Viome Precision Supplements, and read our four top reasons they can be beneficial to your health.

How You Can Take Control of Your Wellness Journey

Wellness

How You Can Take Control of Your Wellness Journey

Are you ready to tap into what your body is trying to say to you?

Your Samples: From Privacy to Precision

Viome Guides

Your Samples: From Privacy to Precision

The journey of your Viome test sample

Healthspan: The Key to a Better Life

Longevity

Healthspan: The Key to a Better Life

What is the difference between lifespan and healthspan? And why does it matter?

Step by Step: Gradually Introducing Your Viome Food Recommendations into Your Daily Food Routine

Viome Guides

Step by Step: Gradually Introducing Your Viome Food Recommendations into Your Daily Food Routine

How to easily and quickly start to put your Viome food recommendations into action!

How Much Does Viome Cost?

How Much Does Viome Cost?

Introducing You: Retesting the New and Improved

Viome Guides

Introducing You: Retesting the New and Improved

A Note to Our Customers and a Promise for the Future

A Note to Our Customers and a Promise for the Future

Worth the Wait?

Worth the Wait?

What You Can Do Now While You Wait for Your Results!

7 Tips to Help Improve Digestion Naturally and Permanently

Wellness

7 Tips to Help Improve Digestion Naturally and Permanently

What causes digestion problems and how can you improve them naturally?

Antibiotics and Gut Health: Side Effects and How to Heal

Wellness

Antibiotics and Gut Health: Side Effects and How to Heal

Food for Thought: Nutritional Psychiatry

Wellness

Food for Thought: Nutritional Psychiatry

Exercise in Just 10 Minutes with HIIT

Viome Guides

Exercise in Just 10 Minutes with HIIT

Tips for Eating Healthy While Traveling

Viome Guides

Tips for Eating Healthy While Traveling

Meal Prep 101: Easy Meal Prepping for Success

Viome Guides

Meal Prep 101: Easy Meal Prepping for Success

Easy Measuring for Healthy Portion Sizes

Viome Guides

Easy Measuring for Healthy Portion Sizes

Viome and WaaS™ (Wellness as a Service) Products are the Latest Health Industry Game Changers

Viome News

Viome and WaaS™ (Wellness as a Service) Products are the Latest Health Industry Game Changers

Learn about Wellness as a Service™ (WaaS) and see how Viome is changing the entire way we look at health and wellness.

Viome Supplement & Probiotic + Prebiotic Formula Ingredients List

Viome Guides

Viome Supplement & Probiotic + Prebiotic Formula Ingredients List

Each individual formula for your Viome Precision Supplements™ & VRx My·Biotics™️ Gut Formula is selected from a list of over 200 individual ingredients.

What is oxidative stress and why is it important?

What is oxidative stress and why is it important?

And how do you reduce it?

What is Butyrate: The Key to Gut Symbiosis

Nutrition

What is Butyrate: The Key to Gut Symbiosis

RNA: The New Three-Letter Word Revolutionizing Healthcare

Science

RNA: The New Three-Letter Word Revolutionizing Healthcare

What is Histamine Intolerance?

What is Histamine Intolerance?

Understanding food sensitivity.

The Science Between Your Gut Health and Your Weight Loss Journey

Gut Health

The Science Between Your Gut Health and Your Weight Loss Journey

Why does one person store more fat than another with the same diet? It may have little to do with calories, but instead something inside your gut.

Our 5 Top Tips to Fight Aging Skin

Wellness

Our 5 Top Tips to Fight Aging Skin

Holistic care for the skin to prevent wrinkles and signs of aging

What Makes Viome the Best Gut Microbiome Testing Company

What Makes Viome the Best Gut Microbiome Testing Company

Viome has led the field of precision nutrition for years. In this gut microbiome era, our tests continue to be the most affordable and comprehensive

Do you have microbes on your mind?

Do you have microbes on your mind?

Once COVID-19 hit, mental health around the nation took a steep nosedive. For years to come, researchers will be studying the impact of COVID-19 on mental health.

Introducing Viome’s Oral and Throat Cancer Detection Test Built on Viome’s Metatranscriptomics and AI Platform

Introducing Viome’s Oral and Throat Cancer Detection Test Built on Viome’s Metatranscriptomics and AI Platform

Breakthrough test built on Viome’s Proprietary RNA Analysis Technology and State of the Art AI platform

The Secret Life of Skin

Wellness

The Secret Life of Skin

When we look in the mirror to examine our skin, we don’t typically realize we’re actually looking at our body’s largest organ.

What are Brain Supplements and Do They Really Work?

Nutrition

What are Brain Supplements and Do They Really Work?

Gut Health and Acne: How Your Microbiome Impacts Your Skin Health

Gut Health and Acne: How Your Microbiome Impacts Your Skin Health

How Your Microbiome Impacts Skin Health

The Journey of Your Sample

Science

The Journey of Your Sample

How are we able to make the connection between the data in your sample and what foods and supplements are right for you? We’ll show you!

Optimizing your cellular and mitochondrial health may be the key to slower aging

Longevity

Optimizing your cellular and mitochondrial health may be the key to slower aging

Viome and researchers around the world are learning more about the process of aging every day - including how to improve longevity and promote optimal health.