In this series, we’ll share how the latest developments in this medical frontier are transforming our approaches to illness and offering new strategies to heal and prevent disease.
Previously: Short-chain fatty acids—created by the microbiome—are the main metabolites it makes that link the gut to disease. 
Mind-blowing studies are revealing miraculous qualities of our gut microbes, including their ability to mediate prolific killers such as cancer and heart disease.
This collection of bacteria, viruses, and fungi that make up about 70 percent of our immune system has become a huge topic for researchers and authors. Hope is the latest theme in many books. It comes as research reveals gut damage from antibiotics, glyphosate, sugar, and stress can be reversed and our gut microbiome can recover. A wave of revelations over the past two decades has fed a new enthusiasm: If you nurture the bugs in your gut, they can do the work of preventing and even fighting diseases for you….