Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-292) and index.
Contents
What is the microbiota and why should I care? -- Assembling our lifelong community of companions -- Setting the dial on the immune system -- The transients -- Trillions of mouths to feed -- A gut feeling -- Eat sh!t and live -- The aging microbiota -- Managing your internal fermentation.
Summary
The Good Gut offers a new plan for health that focuses on how to nourish your microbiota, including recipes and a menu plan. In this groundbreaking work, the Sonnenburgs show how we can keep our microbiota off the endangered species list and how we can strengthen the community that inhabits our gut and thereby improve our own health. The answer is unique for each of us, and it changes as you age.