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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Paul Speed

How to boost your gut health and why ignoring the warning signs can make you ill

Put simply if you take good care of it, it will take good care of you - but what does 'gut health' actually mean?

Essentially it's the balance of good and bad bacteria in the digestive system or gut, explains GP and clinical technology lead at LloydsPharmacy Online, Dr Sameer Sanghvi.

Within it there are trillions of tiny microbes that make up a complex and incredibly important internal ecosystem known as the microbiome.

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