The amazing role of the gut microbiome in nutrition and health
We do not live alone in our body. More than 50% of our cells are not human (1). They are microorganisms or, simply, microbes that have inhabited our body. Together with their genome, this collection of microbes is collectively known as the microbiome (2). In humans, the microbiome reaches the highest concentration in the gut, especially in the colon, and is made up mostly of bacteria, both good and bad (3). Scientists have long known about the gut microbiome, but they’ve…
