Gut bacteria play a vital role to your health

Although research has shown in the past the importance of gut bacteria to our health, new discoveries are showing its importance to the health of our brains too, reports Sharon Ní Chonchuir. 

FOR generations, we’ve been programmed to think of our gut as a place where bacteria proliferate. But research has shown it plays a vital role to our health.

We’ve long realised its importance to our digestive wellbeing. That’s why so many of us have added probiotic yoghurts to our diets. What we’re now beginning to understand is how important it is to our brain health too.