Gut Feeling
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How to Make a Soldier's Gut Leaky
The theory is that fibre feeds microbes that excrete chemicals that keep the cell lining intact. Phil wanted to test next whether eating extra fibre could not only help make a soldiers gut less leaky, but, in so doing, make them less dressed and more effective at shooting people. One thing that can make a gut extra leaky is extra stress. So for this study, phil is using supplements. His probiotics are biffito bacteria and lacto bacillis. He's also feeding participants a fibre supplement that our bodies can't digest, but those particular bacteria love to eat. The idea is to stress out the soldiers and see if the prebiatics or the pro bi
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