Caesarean births and feeding infants formula both shape which bacteria colonize our guts, according to a Canadian study into how those early changes could explain disease susceptibility later in life. Gut bacteria help to digest food, stimulate the development of the immune system, regulate bowels and protect against infection. Doctors and scientists know less about how the microbes take hold early in life and what could disrupt the process.How a newborn is born could affect what types of bacteria they acquire in their gut....
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