100 Trillion bacteria in your gut – that’s 75% of your immune system!
Posted by Elisa | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on 10-09-2008
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Source: www.mercola.com
By Dr. Joseph Mercola
with Rachael Droege
You probably don’t think about your gut very often but this may make you start–the bacteria in your bowels outnumber the cells in your body by a factor of 10 to one. This gut flora has incredible power over your immune system, which, of course, is your body’s natural defense system that keeps you healthy. In other words, the health of your body is largely tied into the health of your gut, and it’s hard to have one be healthy if the other is not.