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Encourage the beneficial bacteria in your gut so they can bolster your health

Beneficial bacteria in the gut microbiota:

Take food our body can’t digest and convert it into hormones and chemicals Metabolize nutrients and drugs Regulate body weight. These microbes can decide how much energy your body extracts from the food you eat, they control hunger signals and how much your blood sugar spikes in response to a meal

Aid the immune system to prevent pathogen invasion and regulate our entire immune system

Maintain the structure and function of the gastrointestinal tract

Less- helpful bacteria in the gut microbiota have been linked with:

Disorders such as arthritis, irritable bowel disease, obesity, cancer and even depression

The rise in allergic diseases such as asthma and eczema

A huge surge in autoimmune diseases – from infl ammatory bowel disease to Type 1 diabetes – which are thought to be caused by an overactive immune system