Gut bacteria are intrinsically linked with the health of our entire body. Be it the gut, the brain, or the heart, our microbiome is involved.

One important way in which they influence our health is through the chemicals that they produce and release.

Some of these can leach into our blood, and, once in the circulatory system, travel far and wide.

Although we are very far from understanding the full range of influences that our bacterial residents have on cardiovascular health, researchers from the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio are focusing on one in particular.

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