Guides

Understand the microbiome, know what counts as a plant, and read your scores the right way.

• 30 plants a week: how to get thereWhat counts as a plant, eight simple ideas to vary what you eat, and what the number 30 really means.
• Frequently asked questionsShort answers to the questions people ask about 30 plants a week and about the app.
• Which app to count your 30 plants a week?My Microbiote, Plant Points, Eating30, PlantHabit, 30Veg and ZOE: price, languages, devices and counting method, taken from each app's own page.
• An alternative to Plant Points: My MicrobioteMy Microbiote and Plant Points side by side: price, languages, devices, counting method.
• An alternative to ZOE: My MicrobioteMy Microbiote and ZOE side by side: price, languages, devices, counting method.
• An alternative to Eating30: My MicrobioteMy Microbiote and Eating30 side by side: price, languages, devices, counting method.
• What is this app for?What it tracks, what it does not track, and what to do with it.
• What feeds the microbiota?Fibers, polyphenols, ferments: what bacteria live on.
• Logging rules — how does it count?What credits a plant, what ticks a category.
• What is the microbiota?The micro-organisms of the digestive tract, in a few lines.
• What are the effects on health?What the microbiota makes for you, and what “resilient” means.
• The flip side: plants and mineralsLots of plants also means lots of phytates: what you need to know.
• The simplest test: the toilet bowlThe Bristol scale, and what the bowl teaches you every day.
• Does exercise count?What physical activity changes in your microbiome — and why the app does not ask about it.
• What is the Molecules space for?The level below the categories, and above all what is missing.
• Reading the scores properlyWhat a good figure means — and what it does not mean.
• Why these frequencies per category?Where the “every X days” come from, and how to change them.
• Short glossaryThe words that recur in the app, explained simply.
• Where the data comes fromHow the catalog is built, and what comes from elsewhere.
• Your data and your privacyWhat the app knows about you, where it goes, and how to erase it all.
• A sensitive gut: where to start?Bloating, cramps, an unpredictable transit: the order in which to use the app.
• No animal products: what is missing, and where to find itVegan or nearly: the five questions, and what the app does with them.
• Terms of useWhat the app is, what it is not, and the rules for using it.
• Delete your accountWhat is erased, when, and how to ask for it.