In addition to being a source of intuition for making decisions, your gut is the system in charge of your digestion. The health of that digestion—as well as other things like mood and immunity—depends heavily on a teeming microflora of both beneficial and harmful bacteria that live in the lining of your GI tract.
Bacteria often get a bad rap as germs that cause sickness. But some bacteria and yeasts provide you with a health boon instead of a bane. The goal is to keep the scales tipped in favor of these “good” bacteria.
