Imagine That You Would Like to Adjust Your Diet to Promote

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Essay

Imagine that you would like to adjust your diet to promote the growth of healthy bacteria in your gut. What changes would you make? Explain how these foods would promote the growth of healthy bacteria.

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Definitions:

Semicircular Canals

Three fluid-filled tubes in the inner ear that play a key role in maintaining balance and spatial orientation.

Auditory Receptors

Cells or structures in the ear that are sensitive to sound, enabling hearing by converting sound waves into electrical signals.

Hair Cells

Sensory cells located in the inner ear of vertebrates, responsible for converting sound vibrations into electrical signals.

Graded Potential

A shift in the electrical charge across a neuron's membrane, varying in amplitude and potentially leading to an action potential.