Healthy Soil Boosts a Healthy Gut

Today, there is more and more emphasis on how eating a healthy diet can boost our gut microbiome. We’re often told to consume a wide variety of fruits and vegetables or, eat the rainbow, to nourish our bodies with the vitamins and minerals it needs to survive, as well as fiber and a diversity of phytochemicals that positively impact the gut microbiome. Our gut microbiome is composed of microorganisms that live in the gastrointestinal tract; they strengthen our immune system and protect us from harmful diseases. In addition to digesting vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients from the produce we consume, we are also digesting microbes found in plants.

Keep reading this article on Sharon Palmer, The Plant Powered Dietitian.