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- Most microbes in your body live in your intestines, more specifically in the cecum, in the large intestine.
- There are about 40 trillion bacteria, compared to your own cell count, 30 trillion.
- The total amount of microbes contributes to your body weight about 1–2 kg.
- From textbooks, we usually learn that women's wombs are sterile, but they are not.
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Role in brain health
- The gut microbiome may produce chemicals affecting our brains.
- For example, serotonin, a good-feel chemical/neurotransimiter is mostly produced in the gut.
- Microbes may help its production.
- The gut is connected to the brain through numerous nerves.
- The gut...
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Role in heart health
- In a study of 1500 people, we observed the gut microbiome may have a role in our heart health.
- Certain species of microbes contributed to the elevated levels of good cholesterol (HDL) and triglycerides.
- Other species of microbes seemed to be unhealthy by producing trimethyl...
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Gut dysbiosis
Gut dysbiosis is a term referring to the imbalance between good and bad microbes in our gut.
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General functions of microbiome
- Digest the healthy sugars in breast milk which are essential for normal growth for babies.
- Digest dietary fiber, producing short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) which positively affect our health.
- Controlling immune system, thus possibly enhancing our body's immunity to infection...
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Definition of the gut microbiome
Gut microbiome is a word describing microbes – viruses, bacteria, fungi, archaea etc. – which live in your gut. Usually, gut bacteria are the microbes that mostly affect our wellbeing. (Partly because we have only studied bacteria most thoroughly.)
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How they affect our weight?
- In many studies involving identical twins, we observed that the one with obesity has different gut microbiome than the other with healthy weight.
- Consequently, differences between gut microbiome are not genetic.
- In a mice study, we transferred the microbiome of the obese twi...
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Role in blood sugar level
- The gut microbiome may influence blood sugar level.
- In a study of 33 infants with high risk of getting type 1 diabetes, the diversity of infants' microbiome decreased before getting type 1 diabetes.
- The number of unhealthy microbes also increased.
- People eating the...
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Why care your gut bugs?
- There more microbes in your gut than your cells in your body
- Various diseases are linked to gut health.
- Some of which: irritable bowel syndrome, obesity, heart disease, diabetes, depression and other mental disorders.
- Best way to improve your gut health is by addi...
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