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Optimize Your Gut to Fight Disease With Tim Spector

The Rich Roll Podcast

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The Microbiome: A Virtual Organ

The microbiome is the term we use for a community of microbes, microorganisms that live in our bodies. There are probably 100 trillions or so, roughly the same numbers of cells in our body. Stick them all together, they weigh about two kilograms, same as your brain. They're basically mini-pharmuses pumping out chemicals, which send signals all over our body.

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