In addition, friendly flora helps break down food in the intestines so the nutrients can be more easily absorbed into your blood stream. (best-natural-health-supplements.com)
Friendly flora helps to produce virus - fighting antibodies and aids in vitamin absorption. (mindbodygreen.com)
One type of phytonutrient especially abundant in whole grains including whole wheat are plant lignans, which are converted by friendly flora in our intestines into mammalian lignans, including one called enterolactone that is thought to protect against breast and other hormone - dependent cancers as well as heart disease. (whfoods.org)