Your Ultimate Guide to a Happier, Happier Gut

Once you understand the power and potential of the gut and how it influences – or even controls – so many systems in your body, I think you’ll be on board with its diet and lifestyle preferences. To get there, it helps to think of your gut microbes (GM) as a great communicator.

They have three distinct ways of speaking to your other organs: via the immune system, the nervous system, and the blood and lymph circulation (which helps get rid of waste and toxins). Let’s take a look at some of the pathways that get the most traffic, and you’ll start to see just how far-reaching the benefits of a plant-based diet can be.

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