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Lately, the researchers have been suggesting that much of our health is determined by what lives in us and on us.
Hmmm. Where did these things come from and how long have they been with "me". Is "me" really "me", or am "I" just a collection of human DNA (yes), plus a bunch of random stuff that is hitch hiking along for the ride?
It's proven that your microbiome affects your health in various ways. It's proven that a lack of diversity in your gut microbiome is associated with obesity. What are these little buggers doing, and why has it taken "them" so long to even acknowledge that what lives in you is important?
This thread, not that I can or will attempt to control it, just might explore (with the known wisdom of wise regulars here), how aspects of the human microbiome can be leveraged to improve health. Can a gut microbiome predispositioned to obesity be changed? Will there be advances in knowledge such that "bad actors" in the human microbiome will be quelled?
If this initial post has generated an interest in this topic that you have not yet explored, you may consider reading a few of these (kind of) entertaining entries: uBiome Blog - Love your bacteria! [mod edit:uBiome went out of business] (but don't get your biome sequenced...just read the blog entries). CAUTION: You may encounter a Bristol Stool Chart.
What other places are posting things on the topic of the power of what's living in us?
Hmmm. Where did these things come from and how long have they been with "me". Is "me" really "me", or am "I" just a collection of human DNA (yes), plus a bunch of random stuff that is hitch hiking along for the ride?
It's proven that your microbiome affects your health in various ways. It's proven that a lack of diversity in your gut microbiome is associated with obesity. What are these little buggers doing, and why has it taken "them" so long to even acknowledge that what lives in you is important?
This thread, not that I can or will attempt to control it, just might explore (with the known wisdom of wise regulars here), how aspects of the human microbiome can be leveraged to improve health. Can a gut microbiome predispositioned to obesity be changed? Will there be advances in knowledge such that "bad actors" in the human microbiome will be quelled?
If this initial post has generated an interest in this topic that you have not yet explored, you may consider reading a few of these (kind of) entertaining entries: uBiome Blog - Love your bacteria! [mod edit:uBiome went out of business] (but don't get your biome sequenced...just read the blog entries). CAUTION: You may encounter a Bristol Stool Chart.
What other places are posting things on the topic of the power of what's living in us?
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