Do you know you’re home to roughly 100 trillion bacteria currently living in your gut, but they’re far from being lazy squatters. Some are working hard for you, helping to digest food, destroy disease-causing cells, or producing vitamins. On the other hand, imbalances within this community of approximately 300 to 500 different bacterial species have been linked to gastrointestinal conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), as well as to diseases like obesity, Type 2 diabetes, and allergi