As we age, guts get leakier, aging us more & increasing risk of diseases.
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The Gut Wall
The gut wall is the main barrier between the “outside” world and the “inside” of you.
The gut wall’s main job of protecting us against what should get into our bloodstream and what shouldn’t is huge.
Yet, this important physiologic tissue, our gut wall, is stunningly only one-cell-thick.
These mightily important single cells are called entero…