ELI5, what is a gut biome and why is it important?
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The simple answer is that the gut microbiome helps to break down some of the food we eat and increase our nutrient intake. The good gut bacteria also prevents bad bacteria from establishing itself in our guts and multiplying, so it protects us from infections.
The more complicated answer is that we simply don’t know the full picture. Studies have been able to show that gut health plays a part in mental health, diseases all over the body and not just the gut, autism, etc. But often we are only able to identify the correlation but not the mechanism behind why the gut microbiome can have such widereaching impacts.
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