Here are some of the best food stories we came across this week:
- Reaping the Enormous Benefits of Our Bodies’ Microbial Garden – Much has been made of the benefits of healthy bacteria in the human gut, but research coming out is showing a wealth of over 100 trillion immune-boosting, health-supporting microbes all over the body (seriously, everywhere); this is encouraging a paradigm shift toward approaching the whole body as an ecosystem when trying to heal from an infection, rather than simply trying to kill off specific harmful bacteria. Continue reading
