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#013 How The Gut Microbiota Affects Our Health with Dr. Erica & Dr. Justin Sonnenburg

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The Importance of a Healthy Microbiota

We're in fact more like a tube of human cells that houses this incredibly complex and dynamic ecosystem of microbes. And it just so happens that our GI tract happens to be also large the largest number of immune cells. So really these microbes in our gut are dictating the set point of our immune system throughout our body they can impact things like respiratory infections how well we respond to a vaccineHow rapidly a autoimmune disease can progress. We hold the reins on what's happening inside our gut by controlling what we eat and aspects of our lifestyle.

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