How To Have a Healthy Gut
The Wellness Scoop
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The Benefits of Breastfeeding for Babies
Breast milk contains live bacteria so probiotics and it also contains prebiotics which is a food that feeds the babies bacteria. The baby's more likely to have better gut health and therefore lower risk of allergies, lower risk of getting obesity when they're older. As we grow we expose our microbes to so many different things again if we travel to a different country we're going to be exposed to different microbes there. Antibiotics is a main one that people know about because it doesn't just kill the bad bacteria it can also kill the good bacteria. But then other medications things like sleeping tablets and reflux medication now some people actually do need them but what I talk about in my book
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