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The processes of digestion and absorption start in the mouth and continue throughout the gut until the leftover products are discarded as waste when we go to the toilet. So, it makes sense that the gut needs to be healthy in order for its digestive functions to work as well as it can.
The gut is home to a huge number of bacteria (collectively known as the microbiome) and these bacteria play a crucial role in keeping the gut healthy as well as ensuring optimum absorption of essential nutrients.
A healthy gut will have a diverse variety of many different bacteria and these can roughly be divided into two camps – good bacteria and bad bacteria.