07/06/2026
Winter comes around and everyone reaches for the same things. Vitamin C. Zinc. Maybe an echinacea tablet.
And those things have their place. But the part of your immune system that most people completely overlook? It's sitting in your gut.
Around 70% of your immune tissue lives in your digestive tract - right alongside your microbiome. Which means the health of your gut bacteria has a direct impact on how well your body can defend itself.
Stress, antibiotics, ultra-processed food, not enough sleep; these deplete your microbiome. And when it's depleted, your immune response often is too.
If you get sick often, take a long time to recover, or just feel flat and run down, it could be your microbiome asking for support. đź§