Your good gut bugs are going hungry!

Do eat a more nutritious and balanced diet so that you don't starve all those helpful bacteria in your gut. (This visual is human-created, AI-aided)

When you sit down to eat, whether it is a plate of nasi lemak, a brightly-coloured bubble tea or the instant noodles you promised yourself you would avoid, you are not eating alone.

You are actually sharing your meal with trillions of tiny companions living in your gut.