On the contrary, it's better to look close. Death to the public squeamishness about human biology, I say! Know and understand how your body travels through life, don't fear it and put it out of your mind :)
If I remember correctly, our guts have more bacteria surface exposure than our own cells. The interactions betwen what we eat , these bacteria, and our own genome is a big black box at this stage.
Reminds me of this piece detailing the writer's own "microbiome":
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2011/06/27/discoverin...