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DESCRIPTION: The trillions of good bacteria in our gut can be thought of as an additional organ, metabolizing, detoxifying, and activating many crucial components of our diet. The formation of lignans from phytonutrient precursors found predominantly in flax seeds is one such example. Have a question about this video? Leave it in the comment section at and I’ll try to answer it! Please also see yesterday’s video ( if you missed it. For another video on what our friendly flora can do, check out Gut Flora & Obesity ( The sulforaphane story I refer to in this video can be found in The Best Detox ( And for those craving more, there are hundreds of other videos on more than a thousand subjects ( Note that the bladder infection study I reference is open access and can be downloaded by clicking on the link above in the Sources Cited section.
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