Deb Hanna (@deborahjane.bsky.social)

The Gut Microbiome: 100 Trillion Microorganisms in Our Digestive Tract Maintain Our Health It’s an oft-cited strange-but-true fact: There are as many bacteria in your gut as there are other cells in your body. This community of microbes (not just bacteria, but viruses, fungi, archaea, and eukaryotes as well) is called the “gut microbiome,” and it plays an important role in your health. That our bodies are awash in other critters is not a new discovery. In the 17th Century, Anthony van Leeuwenhoek, an amateur lens grinder from Delft, Holland, built a microscope (he did not invent it, just improved it) and began using the device to look at pretty much anything he could find: fingernail clippings, gunk from the teeth of a man who never brushed, even his own feces. https://yellow-armadillo-887581.hostingersite.com/the-gut-microbiome-100-trillion-microorganisms-in-our-digestive-tract-maintain-our-health/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social