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Rodrigues VF, Elias-Oliveira J, Pereira ÍS, et al. Akkermansia muciniphila and Gut Immune System: A Good Friendship That Attenuates Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Obesity, and Diabetes. Front Immunol. 2022 Jul 7;13:934695. Foods containing high levels of polyphenols and fish oils are the best things to eat for Akkermansia. High-polyphenol foods Ansaldo, E. et al. Akkermansia muciniphila induces intestinal adaptive immune responses during homeostasis. Sci. (N. Y.) 364, 1179–1184 (2019). Akkermansia muciniphila plays a critical role in the mucin layer's health, protecting the cells that line the intestinal tract. That is why it is given its strain name muciniphila – the Latin suffix phila means love. So, muciniphila translates as "love of mucin."