Be Strong, Small Warriors
I woke up early this morning thinking about the gut and all its complexity. Maybe I was still sleepy, because the Pat Benatar song came piping into my head as I thought about the “good” bacteria fighting the “bad” bacteria. “We are strong! Your gut is a battlefield!”
So what happens if the bad bacteria in your gut win? And why might they win? What makes up bad bacteria and good bacteria?
If we knew all of the answers, I am guessing that we would no longer need hospitals or healthcare very often. We do know that the balance of the bacteria, also known as your biome or ecosystem, is a complex interplay between the food you feed them, life stressors, exposures, and many other contributions.
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