In general, the stomach's primary function is not the absorption of
nutrients from digested food; this task is usually performed by the intestine.
I assume that means that we all should stop breathing as well (I'm pretty sure that the CO2 in beer comes from fermentation, just as exhaled CO2
comes from digested food; i.e. from plants that took it from the air).
While the research is preliminary, the results suggest that there's a discernible shift in the community when gut microbes
go from digesting our food to digesting our bodies.
One of insulin's jobs is to take the glucose that
comes from digested food and get it into your cells where it can be used for energy, The cell's of insulin - resistant women will not respond to a normal amount of insulin so the pancreas will produce higher amounts of insulin to control blood sugar.
Lastly, by preventing
us from digesting our food properly they can also promote the growth of unhealthy bacteria in our gut, weakening our immune system even further.
Not only does the gut microbiome help the body absorb nutrients
from digested foods, but it also synthesizes key vitamins and fatty acids that the body needs to thrive, including: