English transcript

What's that?

Oh, medical professionals are now just figuring out and letting people know

that your appendix is actually something that you need?

Tell me more!

Yeah, most of us have actually been told that we don't need the appendix, it doesn't really serve any purpose.

So when we would see people get it removed or if we've had it removed ourselves, we didn't think anything of it.

We just thought, well, it's a spare part. Okay.

But no, now what we're figuring out is that

it actually is like a little pouch that holds good bacteria for your gut.

So essentially what happens is if your gut is getting a bunch of bacteria built up in it

and it's depleted of the good bacteria, then the

appendix will do what its purpose actually is,

and it will release some of the good bacteria into your gut,

which will then help things process as well through your intestines. Okay.

Oh, goodie.