# @seed on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CO5c_IrpTPC
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34246970-seed-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/0875500f11.jpg
- **Posted:** 2021-05-15T14:57:31.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Seed (@seed) — https://gondola.cc/seed

## Caption

Experiment Method 01: Make a #ScienceSmoothie: A (nerdy) translation of the microbial compounds within a seemingly simple everyday smoothie¹ recipe. 

Protocol: 
1. Create a custom smoothie recipe (write it, design it, sing it, film it, TikTok it) 📸
2. Put your 🤓on and give it a scientific name based on the ingredients included
3. Share and tag @seed #ScienceSmoothie 🌱

Science Smoothie-ists can unlock 🔑 our limited-edition Magic (hint hint: It will upgrade your grocery shopping experience) 😉

Drop us a hint of your hero ingredient if you’re participating ( 🥦🍏🍓🥬🍠🍑🍄🍒).² 

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¹ Smoothies are an excellent source of high quantity microbiome-friendly foods. The diversity of fruits, vegetables, and nuts help cultivate a thriving gut microbiome which plays a role in everything from digestion, skin health, cardiovascular health, and even the connection of the gut-brain axis which scientists are finding influences our mood, appetites, and even behaviors based on what we put into our bodies. 
² The American Gut Project (a crowd-sourced, community science microbiome study) found that people who eat more than 30 different plant types per week have more diverse gut microbiomes than those who eat 10 or fewer.³ Different microbes feed on different dietary components—thus diversifying your Inputs with a variety of plant-based compounds (ranging from insoluble fibers to phytochemicals) can help support a more diverse microbial community. 
³ “American Gut: an Open Platform for Citizen Science Microbiome Research” mSystems May 2018, 3 (3) e00031-18; DOI: 10.1128/mSystems.00031-18

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