The human gut is home to over 100 trillion bacteria, known as the "gut flora." or gut microbiome. Having a healthy gut flora is incredibly important for your overall health.

Interestingly, there are many surpising things that are bad for your gut bacteria, which is what i want to look at in this video.


Further reading: http://www.healthline.com/nutrition/8-things-that-harm-gut-bacteria

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Studies mentioned:

STUDY 1: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27110483
STUDY 2: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3362077/
STUDY 3: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22552027
STUDY 4: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5123208/
STUDY 5: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301051107001597