Easy Steps for a Happy Gut

Today, we know that our gut flora, a microbiome population as it is also known as, has a huge impact on our health and our risk of disease. In fact, leading researchers in the field say they can get much more information about your health from assessing your gut flora than some other tests. Each one of us is host to about a pound-and-a-half of gut bacteria made up of over 600 different bacterial families (with each family often having dozens of bacterial strains). The more diverse our gut bacteria population is, the better for our health. A small and limited variety of gut bacteria increases the risk of autoimmune diseases, cancer, heart disease, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, fibromyalgia and obesity.

There are several ways to improve the makeup of your gut flora. Read on to find out more.