microbiome

“You are what you eat” – that phrase often forms the basis for dietary advice. And in some instances, that information can be helpful. In particular, I am thinking about the role of salt and high blood pressure or hypertension.

Proper functioning of the human body relies on microbial partners.

Microbiome. Microbiome. Microbiome. Microbiome. Microbiome. Microbiome.

"Ew, what was that?" is perhaps the most common refrain uttered by people as they drive past roadkill. Most people find these carcasses repulsive, as they glide their cars carefully around the bloody remains.

For the last decade or two, people have been looking for something to attribute to the increase in the number of people with allergies and autoimmune diseases.

There is nothing like a good ole scientific debate about microbes to make my day. The one happening at the moment is as good as they get for one reason - good science is being done on both sides of the issue.

 

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In the past

Our microbiome begins