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daddy-o
Joined: 12 Apr 2004
Posts: 3307
Location: Springfield9/28/17 9:52 AM |
Microbiomes anyone?
This is a U of C introduction lecture about some research into our microbiomes. They really seem to have a tremendous amount of control over our lives. The lecture touches obesity, parkinsons, an African childhood disease, mood as in bold/timid. I don't recall it touching the recent 'endurance athlete' microbiome findings.
YouTube:
Follow Your Gut: Microbiomes and Aging with Rob Knight - Research on Aging
~56 minutes, can be ripped to podcast without loss even though there are slides.
If anyone is interested in a method to quickly make podcasts from YouTube audio let me know. This one took two minutes to set up and was ripped in five or so minutes on open source software (VLC.)
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PLee
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 3712
Location: Brooklyn, NY9/28/17 9:55 AM |
There's apparently a theory out there that autism is caused by gut bacteria.
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JohnC
Joined: 10 Jan 2004
Posts: 1939
Location: Glastonbury, Ct9/29/17 11:38 AM |
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They really seem to have a tremendous amount of control over our lives.
From an evolutionary viewpoint, one could make the argument that the ecosystem in your gut is the dominant life form, and you evolved mainly to serve as its host. There are more of those one-celled organisms living in and on you than you have cells of your own - by a substantial factor.
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April
Joined: 13 Dec 2003
Posts: 6593
Location: Westchester/NYC9/29/17 7:14 PM |
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there's apparently a theory out there that autism is caused by gut bacteria.
Everything causes autism! Vaccine, micrombiom, paint, you name it.
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PLee
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 3712
Location: Brooklyn, NY10/1/17 6:27 PM |
Google it. There's been a significant amount of research into it.
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