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( ) the ( ) several ( ), ( ) people ( ) much attention to the findings of the researchers studying gut-brain (i ).

Over / past / decades / few / paid / interaction

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This (s )( )( ) the rapid growth of knowledge and data about the ( ) and ( ) that live inside the gut.

shift came with / bacteria / viruses

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These (t )(o )(i ) our gut are called the ( )( ).

tiny organisms inhabiting / gut microbiome

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We ( )( )( ) these ( )(m ).

are outnumbered by / invisible microorganisms

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There are 100,000 ( )( )(m ) in your gut alone than the number of people on earth.

times more microbes

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(D )( ) changes have recently (o ) in our ability to ( ) and ( ) these microorganisms.

Dramatic technological / occurred / identify / characterize

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The topic has ( )( ) almost every ( ) of medicine including ( ) and ( ).

spread into / specialty / psychiatry / surgery

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including plants, animals, ( ), deep-sea ( )( ), and the ( )( ).

soils / volcanic cracks / / upper atmosphere

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The benefits (d )( ) the ( )( ) have (p )(c ) for our health.

derived from / gut micro biome / profound consequences

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assistance in the (d ) of ( )(c ) our guts can’t (h ) by themselves

digestion / food components / handle

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(r ) of our bodies’ ( )

regulation / metabolism

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( ) and (d ) with ( )( ) that we (i ) with our food

processing / dealing / harmful chemicals / ingest

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training and regulation of the ( )( )

immune system

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(C ), (d ) in the ( )( )( )( )( ) a wide variety of diseases.

Conversely / disturbances / gut microbiome are associated with

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a wide variety of diseases ( )( )( ) disease, ( ), and ( )

such as bowel / diarrhea / asthma

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They may even ( ) a ( )( )( )(d ).

play / role in brain disorders

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This link is assisted by ( )( )( )( )( ) the ( ).

biological communication signals carried throughout / bloodstream

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Let’s ( ) a ( ) look at ( )( )( ) by the “gut.”

take / closer / what is meant

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It is indeed your ( )( ).

digestive system

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It is ( )( ) complex than a simple food-processing machine.

far more

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Your gut has ( ) that ( ) all your other organs and even ( ) your brain.

capabilities / surpass / match

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It ( )( )( )( ) the “second brain.”

is referred to as

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This ( )( )( )( ) 50-100 million ( )( ), as many as are contained in your ( )( ).

is made up of / nerve cells / spinal cord

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The ( )( )(r ) in your gut make up the largest component of your body’s ( )( ).

immune cells residing / immune system

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There is a ( ) reason for the ( ) of these cells in this ( ) location, ( ) maybe be visited by ( )( ) microorganisms coming form ( )( )( ).

good / massing / particular / which / potentially lethal / what we eat

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