[BrandonMarc]

> This connection between soil to your gut is a marvelous thing.

Indeed, some research is pointing to the beneficial effects on your microbiome, too. The microscopic critters in the soil where you live may be very well co-evolved to live there, and there's a body of reasoning which says since you live there, too, they can be - sometimes - be very helpful to your own body.

(not that you should eat dirt, of course)

[agumonkey]

Fair point although I only had the psychological link from feeling able to understand nature (aka most of the planet) to sustain your life (feeding but also whatever use you can make with plants, roots, wood etc).

[badpun]

People often just buy soil for their gardens in the local megastore. That soil is often dried peat and has nothing to do with local environment of your garden.