The importance of the microbiome to our health has only been fully appreciated in recent years. Each of us hosts billions of good and bad microbes. The good microbes help to keep the bad guys in check.
How to Understand Your Gut and Keep It Healthy
As the holiday season nears and you fill your bellies with goodies, it pays over the long run to have some sense of what impact all the eating has. Do you really know (beyond a vague sense gleaned from high school biology) how your gastrointestinal system works?
How Gut Bacteria Affects The Brain And Body
Recent studies suggest bacteria in our digestive tract can play a large role in our overall health. Depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, obesity, cancer and irritable bowel syndrome are just a few of the major complications gut bacteria can create.