Did you know we have more bacteria in
our gut than cells in our body?
Not exact matches
This intelligent bacterial ecosystem
in your
gut makes up the majority of your immune system, and your
body actually contains 10 times more bacterial
cells than human
cells!
The human
gut contains 10 times more bacteria
than all the human
cells in the entire
body, with over 400 known diverse bacterial species.
It makes perfect sense that
gut health would have such a dramatic impact on all aspects of health, since the
body has more bacterial
cells in the
gut than it does human
cells in the entire
body.
We've got about 5 trillion
in our
gut, and that's about 10x more
cells than we have
in our
bodies.
We have 10 times more bacteria
in our
gut than we have
cells in our
bodies and this bacteria makes up 99 % of the DNA
in our
bodies... which means only 1 % of our DNA is human!
Your
gut contains trillions of microorganisms — more
than 10 times the total number of
cells found
in your
body.
The
gut houses ten times more microbial species
than the overall amount of
cells in the entire
body.
The human
gut biome (microbiome) consists of about 100 trillion bacteria
cells — more
than 10 times more
than there are human
cells in your
body.
There are more bacteria
in your digestive system
than there are
cells in your
body and all together, the bacteria
in your
gut weighs around 4 lbs.