High-Fiber Diet Keeps Intestinal Walls Intact
A low-fiber diet not only makes digestion that much more difficult but it also causes fiber-eating microbes to dwindle and that opens up space for “mucus munchers” that make our intestines more vulnerable to infection. And you thought it was your nose that was full of mucus! Turns out, mucus is a major player in our guts, as well. Eric Martens, a microbiologist at the University of Michigan says, “There’s antimicrobial peptides and proteins that are present in there. Bacteria live in there and forage on the carbohydrates. And it’s a lubricant, it helps sweep contents down the GI tract,...
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