Jessica BrownBBC Future14 marzo 2019
Nuestro intestino contiene cerca de 100 billones de microbios, que se conocen de forma colectiva como microbioma o flora intestinal.
No existen dos personas cuyos microbiomas se vean exactamente iguales. La flora intestinal es el resultado de lo que heredamos de nuestra madre al nacer, nuestra dieta, nuestro entorno y estilo de vida. Está bien establecido que el intestino desempeña un papel en numerosos sistemas de nuestro cuerpo, incluyendo los vinculados a la digestión, el hambre y la saciedad, a través de múltiples mecanismos. Read More...
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