Press enter or click to view image in full size Photo by Brooke Lark on Unsplash Deep within your belly live a community of trillions of microscopic occupants in their own little paradise, massively outnumbering the stars in the milky way, happily feeding themselves on the undigested leftovers that you consumed days before. This fascinating galaxy within your gut exists completely unaware of their host, with their perspective simply being to feed on the abundance of nutrients and multiply, all within the safety of their home — your large intestine. Sounds like we need to pay a visit to our doctor right? Well, believe it or not, these countless critters actually aid our body in many incredible ways and are crucial for our health, so crucial in fact that if by some magical phenomenon, they were to suddenly disappear, we would be paying a rather swift visit to the afterlife. Immune System Besides chomping away at all of your unwanted food, these little microbes have various fascinating abilities of their own.…