#GetBooched — gut biome

Image © Andrew Wyton   Scientific studies have proven that eating a diverse and probiotic-rich diet leads to healthier gut bacteria. But what effect does exposing oneself to different environments have on the gut microbiome? We live in a clean world but should we not? Should we get dirtier to get healthier?   We come into this world with a certain microbiome makeup influenced by our genes and delivery method. Once here, our environment – diet, culture, geography, hygiene, antibiotic usage – changes our microbiota over a lifetime. And any imbalance (dysbiosis) between the gut microbiota and the body affects our mental...

Recent trends in the health industry have focused almost entirely on the importance of a strong gut and gut microbes and the biome. What do these words mean? Is it a fad or is there some substance to these claims? Let us find out. It may sound creepy but our bodies have more bacterial cells than human cells. Bacteria live on the skin, in the nose and ears, and, most of all, in the gut. Till recently, scientists thought that gut bacteria aid in digestion and do nothing more but more studies have shown that there is a lot of...