What is the gut microbiome and what is its role

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Description - We can carry up to 2 kg of microbes in our gut. Within the tens of trillions of micro-organisms that live there are at least 1,000 species of bacteria consisting of over 3 million genes. What is more, two thirds of the gut microbiome - the population of microbes in the intestine - is unique to each individual. Researchers are working to find out more about how gut bacteria - particularly the bacteria that is unique to us individually - influence our health and risk of disease.

In your blog address the following:

1. What is the gut microbiome? What is it's role?

2. Can we alter our gut microbiota? if so, how?

3. Explain how one of the following heath conditions may be driven by our gut microbiota

Cancer

Mental Health

Autism

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