{"id":1056,"date":"2011-10-10T05:17:56","date_gmt":"2011-10-10T09:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thiscontemplativelife.com\/?p=1056"},"modified":"2011-10-10T05:17:56","modified_gmt":"2011-10-10T09:17:56","slug":"microbes-may-play-crucial-role-in-human-health-researchers-discovering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thiscontemplativelife.com\/index.php\/2011\/10\/10\/microbes-may-play-crucial-role-in-human-health-researchers-discovering\/","title":{"rendered":"Microbes may play crucial role in human health, researchers discovering."},"content":{"rendered":"

This is an amazing article! I heard the researcher on NPR a few years ago and the idea that we are 90% microbes and 10% human cells blew me away. Now they have published more studies\u00a0and all the implications are coming out: antibiotics, animals fed antibiotics, too-clean lifestyles, triclosan in everything (hand soap and now in the water systems) and the implications in so many physical and mental health conditions. Click below for the whole article \u00a0in the \u00a0Washington Post and here for the Nature<\/a> <\/em>link.<\/p>\n

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Consider this: The average person\u2019s body contains about 100 trillion cells, but only maybe one in 10 is human.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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This, it turns out, is nature\u2019s way: The human cells that form our skin, eyes, ears, brain and every other part of our bodies are far outnumbered by those from microbes, primarily bacteria but also viruses, fungi and a panoply of other microorganisms.<\/p>\n

That thought might make a lot of people lunge for the hand sanitizer, at the least. But that predictable impulse may be exactly the wrong one. A growing body of evidence indicates that the\u00a0microbial ecosystems<\/a> that have long populated our guts, mouths, noses and every other nook and cranny play crucial roles in keeping us healthy.<\/p>\n

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Moreover, researchers are becoming more convinced that modern\u00a0<\/a>trends \u2014 diet, antibiotics, obsession with cleanliness, Caesarean delivery of babies \u2014 are disrupting this delicate balance, contributing to some of the most perplexing ailments, including asthma, allergies, obesity, diabetes, autoimmune diseases, cancer and perhaps even autism. <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIn terms of potential for human health, I would place it with stem cells as one of the two most promising areas of research at the moment,\u201d said\u00a0Rob Knight<\/a> of the University of Colorado. \u201cWe\u2019re seeing an unprecedented rate of discovery. Everywhere we look, microbes seem to be involved.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Full article:\u00a0Microbes may play crucial role in human health, researchers discovering – The Washington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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