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Epigenetics, Microbiome, Mental and Physical Health with renowned physician Zach Bush

The Happy Pear Podcast

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The Evolution of the Colon

Of 20,000 genes we have, more than 10,000 were direct inserts from viruses. The colon is now been recognized to be the most biodiverse ecosystem on the planet. Afferent nerves are very abundant in the two tennis courts of surface area that is your whole gut. And what passes through the colon is feces, supposedly waste, which is made of 90% bacteria.

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