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1. Bacteria in you digestive systems helps you digest food

2. Bacteria in you digestive systems helps you body to make vitamins

3. Bacteria in you digestive systems compete for space with disease causing organisms, preventing the harmful bacteria to attach to your intestines

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  • They produce enzymes.
  • They make vitamins K & B 12.
  • They stimulate the digestive system.
  • They occupy sites where harmful bacteria or fungi might try to grow, preventing disease.
  • They provide much of the bulk in feces, giving the large intestine something to push against when you excrete.
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bacteria that lives in your intestines help you by helping you digesting your food from your stomach

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The three ways that bacteria in our digestive system are helpful are that they assist in the digestive process, kill certain harmful viruses and bacteria and breakdown bio waste.

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SOME bacteria are of benefit in that they can help digest some foods.

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