Shelby Ramsey

Special to the Village News

You may be asking yourself, "Is there anything I can do to strengthen or protect my gastrointestinal tract?"

Whatever the reason may be – to fend off viruses, wake up feeling better with more vigor, simply to build up the immune system, or just 'because.'

Dr. Jacqueline Wolf, associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and a gastroenterologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, said, "I actually think the best thing people can do is have good nutrition."

There is a plethora of information in the media as to "the...