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Reading the Science of Your Gut

There is a saying, "you are what you eat". In fact, it's not only what you eat, but also what your gut is sensitive to and what can be absorbed, determine what kind of people you are and what kind of quality of life you have.

Human gut is a complex and dynamic ecological environment, which contains a large number of microorganisms. There are at least 1000 kinds of microorganisms living in the human intestine, with a number of up to 10 trillion, which is equivalent to the total number of our body cells. The total number of genes of intestinal microorganisms is 100 times of the human genome. The active metabolism of microorganisms in human intestinal flora is considered as the "second genome" acquired by human body.
Diverse and complex intestinal flora, to some extent, shows your health. It was found that obesity, insulin resistance and inflammation were closely related to intestinal microbial diversity.

Some factors, such as the structure and habits of diet, or cardiovascular diseases (such as atherosclerosis, hypertension), type II diabetes, colorectal cancer, mental / neurological diseases (such as autism, anxiety, depression, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's) and other diseases, will change the intestinal flora accordingly.

But if you blindly supplement yourself with probiotics that are not suitable for you, your immunity may get worse! After all, there are many kinds of probiotics on the market, and different strains may have different functions, and just like there are no two identical leaves in the world, everyone's intestinal flora is also different.

 

Therefore, through the detection of intestinal flora, timely monitoring of the abnormalities of related flora can indicate the risk of disease. It is an effective way to prevent the occurrence of related diseases and relieve the symptoms with improve the intestinal microecology and targeted intervention and conditioning.

 

A new detection technology has been developed and promoted.

It is to extract the total bacterial DNA from fecal samples, then analyze and compare it, so as to describe the intestinal microecological structure and diversity of the client, especially the content and structure ratio of the intestinal functional core flora, monitor the probiotics, conditional pathogens and some food borne pathogens in the gut, predict the risk of related diseases, and provide targeted personalized health management suggestions for the client.

 

It should be noted that, the occurrence and development of most diseases are complex, which is the result of the joint action of living habits, genetic factors and environmental factors. Disease risk tips cannot replace clinical medical testing. If the client has certain disease characteristics or discomfort symptoms, it is recommended to see a doctor in time and receive further testing and treatment under the guidance of a clinician.

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