Think of the intestinal lining as similar to
the skin on your body—a highly flexible,
resilient, semi-permeable membrane that acts
as a barrier between your insides and the
outside world. Skin is designed to keep good
stuff (fluids, tissues, etc.) inside your body
and bad stuff (bacteria, viruses, etc.) out.
Your small intestine does pretty much the
same thing—except on a much larger scale.
Yep, your gut is your largest interface with
the outside world, more so than your skin or
respiratory tract. This is why your gut is so
critical to your immune system.
IT STARTS IN YOUR
GUT
About 70 percent to 80 percent of
your entire immune system is
stationed in your gut. That’s
because there are all kinds of
nasty beasties that would love to