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Prunes might alter postmenopausal gut for bone health
Writing in the journalย Frontiers in Nutritionโ, a team of U.S.-based university researchers conducted a post-hoc analysis of The Prune Study, a randomized controlled trial in postmenopausal women that found that 12 months of prune supplementation preserved total hip bone mineral density (BMD), with differential effects on phenolic metabolites, various inflammatory markers and the gut microbiome.…