No it’s a thing. There’s a huge ecosystem of symbiotic bacteria in your large intestine which help your body. They get warmth, safety and food, and they give you something in exchange: Most will digest food you left undigested and give you back a portion of the nutrients. They will also stop other more harmful bacteria from infecting your intestine. Some will produce substances helpful for your body, that your body can not make on its own and you can’t get from food (like Vitamin K).
Taking antibiotics for a long time, having surgery (especially appendix removal or colon removal due to cancer), and having other problems with the intestines can cause your gut biome to diminish and this can have a lot of negative side effects.
Stool transplants help to repopulate your gut with the useful bacteria.
No it’s a thing. There’s a huge ecosystem of symbiotic bacteria in your large intestine which help your body. They get warmth, safety and food, and they give you something in exchange: Most will digest food you left undigested and give you back a portion of the nutrients. They will also stop other more harmful bacteria from infecting your intestine. Some will produce substances helpful for your body, that your body can not make on its own and you can’t get from food (like Vitamin K).
Taking antibiotics for a long time, having surgery (especially appendix removal or colon removal due to cancer), and having other problems with the intestines can cause your gut biome to diminish and this can have a lot of negative side effects.
Stool transplants help to repopulate your gut with the useful bacteria.