The microbiome not only lives in the gut, it affects the function of digestion. The microbiome allows the gut wall to absorb nutrients, or keep out toxins and partially digested food. It plays a profound role in allowing and orchestrating the right nutrients into the body so the brain gets the appropriate nutrients it needs.…

Be sure to read my next post in this series: How the Microbiome Works With Our Body Systems (including Microbiome Diet Basics). The medical community has long viewed microbes (aka bacteria) as something to destroy, believing that microbes cause illness and disease, and has left us with the idea that bacteria are bad and are a threat…