microbiome
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A Fascinating Potential Link Between Gut Bacteria And Health
These days, you can’t throw a rock without hitting some start-up trying to boost our microbiomes. For the health-obsessed, microbiome has become the buzzword of the day. That’s because it’s becoming ever-clearer that all the trillions of microorganisms that inhabit our bodies, and particularly our gut, play an important role in our overall health.
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Your Kitchen Sponge Contains More Bacteria Than Any Other Object In Your House
By this point, it shouldn’t surprise you to know that the world is full of bacteria. But the numbers can still be baffling. Take your body: It probably has 37 trillion cells or so, and maybe the same number of bacterial cells.
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Astronauts Are Going To Fill Outer Space With All Kinds Of Weird Fungus
Humans will make outer space dirty.
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Your Crappy Diet Might Leave Your Gut Bacteria Stunted
Adopting a healthy lifestyle might not seem that hard on the outset. You ate a lot of cheeseburgers and drank a lot of soft drink, and now you’re going to stop doing that. But a new study in mice suggests that it takes a while for the gut’s bacterial zoo, or microbiome, to adapt to…