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The Secret to a Healthy Gut Microbiome? Diversity, Diversity, Diversity!
The Secret to a Healthy Gut Microbiome? Diversity, Diversity, Diversity!
The Secret to a Healthy Gut Microbiome? Diversity, Diversity, Diversity!
Your Gut Microbiome & Your Immune System
Over 80% of your immune system resides in the lining of your gut, and your microbiome is in constant contact with it. A healthy, resilient gut microbiome relies on high richness and biodiversity. When there is high richness and diversity of the microbes in your gut, your immune system is stronger and more stable.
Gut microbiome richness and diversity are two important concepts worth taking a second to fully understand:
- Richness is the total number of bacterial species in your gut microbiome.
- Diversity is the amount of individual bacteria from each of the bacterial species present in your gut microbiome..
The Secret to a Healthy Gut Microbiome? Diversity, Diversity, Diversity!
The Secret to a Healthy Gut Microbiome? Diversity, Diversity, Diversity!
Decreased Diversity is Associated with Disease
Having low gut microbiome diversity matters because it’s associated with a number of chronic illnesses including:
- Obesity 3
- Insulin resistance 3
- High cholesterol 3
- Inflammation 3
- Type 1 diabetes 4
- Type 2 diabetes 5
- Colorectal cancer 5
- Crohn’s disease 5
- Ulcerative colitis 5
- Celiac disease 5
- Allergies 5
- Chronic fatigue syndrome 6
- Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) 7
This is by no means an exhaustive list, but it does make an important point – low microbial diversity can make you sick.