Probiotics are ‘live microorganisms which when administered in adequate amounts confer a health benefit on the host’. In other words, these friendly bacteria work hard to improve your health.
Research is revealing more about how these molecules benefit your health as they travel around the body.
The power of food to impact your health is not a new idea, but it is only with emerging research on the human gut microbiota that scientists are beginning to understand exactly how this happens.
Scientists are learning, though, that the names of your gut microbial species may be less important than what they do for you. The microorganisms that make up your community must perform certain important jobs.
In our first infographic we gave you the main figures relating to your gut flora; now we would like to show you the changes it suffers throughout life, from birth to death.
This infographic, the first of a new series, provides an overview of a range of topics from the fascinating world of gut bacteria.