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Don't hate your gut: It may help you lose weight, fight depression and lower blood pressure

  • Written by Jasenka Zubcevic, Assistant Professor, University of Florida
imageTrillions of microorganisms live inside your gut. Anatomy Insider/Shutterstock.com

A universe of organisms living inside you may affect every part of your body, from your brain to your bones, and even your thoughts, feelings and your attempts to lose weight.

This is a universe of trillions of microorganisms – or what we biologists call microbi...

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