How to tell if you're healthy? Get a scoop of your poop analysed

Singapore start-up Asian Microbiome Library is offering a service where members of the public can have their gut microbiome analysed, using a scoop of poop. PHOTO: ISTOCKPHOTO
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SINGAPORE - If you have ever wondered why you feel down all the time, why you have indigestion or why you have a foggy brain, the problem might be with your gut.

AMiLi or the Asian Microbiome Library, a Singapore start-up, has been working to map the gut microbiome of people living here, by appealing to them to donate their poop for research.

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