The longer I work in nutritional health, the more I am in awe of what the human body can do.
In my opinion the most complex and wondrous of the body’s mechanisms is the gut microbiome.
“The what?” you ask. Sounds a bit science-y, right?
Think about it this way: many parts of the human body have microorganisms living within or on it – your mouth, throat, skin, lungs, vagina, urethra, eyes and yes, your gut. The ones that live in the gut, mainly bacteria and fungi, are known collectively as gut microbiota – and together with the environment they live in, is called the gut microbiome. It’s centred in the intestines, but there are different types of microbiota throughout our digestive tract from top to tail, as it were – from the mouth to the anus.
In my opinion the most complex and wondrous of the body’s mechanisms is the gut microbiome.
“The what?” you ask. Sounds a bit science-y, right?
Think about it this way: many parts of the human body have microorganisms living within or on it – your mouth, throat, skin, lungs, vagina, urethra, eyes and yes, your gut. The ones that live in the gut, mainly bacteria and fungi, are known collectively as gut microbiota – and together with the environment they live in, is called the gut microbiome. It’s centred in the intestines, but there are different types of microbiota throughout our digestive tract from top to tail, as it were – from the mouth to the anus.