Digestive Health

Our digestive tract is technically outside of our body, a long tube that takes in substances and sorts them for us so nothing harmful gets into our bloodstream. In addition to digesting food, our gut is also where 70-80% of our immune cells live. Bacteria and food are kept outside of our body, in the digestive tract, and are only aloud to pass the gut lining and into the bloodstream if deemed safe. A diversity of beneficial bacteria in the digestive tract helps keep proliferation of microbes in check. Immune cells in the gut lining, called Peyer’s Patches’, help identify harmful invasions.

SUPERBUG at the 2016 OLYMPICS

What would you do if you were an Olympian, about to go to Brazil to compete in the 2016 Olympics, and there are warnings about a "Superbug"?  Would you think twice?  Some athletes are pulling out, although there is so much controversy in Brazil right now, it's hard to...

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FECAL TRANSPLANTS