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Hi, this is Dr. Rucho and let's discuss the impact that either being active or sedentary has on the microbiota or the world of bacteria in your gut.

And I look to share with you a study entitled Differences in Gut Microbiata Profile

between women with active lifestyle and sedentary women.

So firstly, let's start off with a few of the quotes from this research paper that are very interesting.

Quantitative PCR analysis, a method

of testing the gut microbiota, typically done via stool, revealed higher abundance of health-promoting

bacteria species in active women, including fecal bacteria in prosnizzi, Rosberia hominins, and Archimicia immunocophilia.

So what this tells us is being active leads to higher levels of healthy bacteria, or at least what we think are healthy bacteria in the gut.

Secondly, body fat percentage, muscle mass, physical fitness, significantly correlated with several bacterial populations.

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