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345: Expert Edition: Assistant Prof Patrick Wilson (PhD) REWIRED, Sport Nutrition Scientist: The Athlete’s Gut

The Physical Performance Show

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The Importance of the Gut

The gut has a seemingly impossible job every day to consume several pounds of food containing an almost incalculable assortment of nutrients, non-nutrient molecules and microorganisms. There's a lot of immune cells housed within the gut. You've got all these bacteria, particularly in your colon that are doing things that have implications for your health and function. It's just a really impressive organ system that sometimes gets under-appreciated when you think about athletes.

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