Sentences with phrase «microorganisms in gut flora»

For the most part, vitamins are acquired when food is ingested, but some are acquired by other means: for example, microorganisms in the gut flora produce vitamin K and biotin; and one form of vitamin D is synthesized in skin cells when they are exposed to a certain wavelength of ultraviolet light present in sunlight.

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The complex community of microorganisms in your gut is called the gut flora (45).

Groups of beneficial bacteria, live microorganisms and yeast are known as «gut flora» and there are over 400 species of probiotics in the body with about 40 trillion good and bad bacteria.

The Hygiene Hypothesis states that when children lack early exposure to infectious agents, parasites, and symbiotic microorganisms like normal gut flora such as would naturally occur in a rural or farm environment, they are much more likely to suffer from autoimmune disorders such as allergies or asthma.

Grouping of the friendly bacteria in your gut will contain bacteria, live microorganisms and yeast — they're called «gut flora».