How Microbes Colonize and Control Your Body | TNTM

Did you know that you're not just one living thing? No, you're actually an entire ecosystem of teeny tiny, creepy crawly, living microbes. They're all over -- from your skin to gut to even your sex organs. Oh my. But what roles do these microbes play in our bodies? HuffPost Science's Jacqueline Howard reached out to Dr. Justin Sonnenburg, assistant professor of microbiology and immunology at Stanford University School of Medicine, to find out.

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[iMoonquake]

Minimizing the use of antibiotics is great but someone should tell that to the US farming industry. According to the excellent documentary "King Corn" 70% of all antibiotics in the country are used on cows simply to make them survive long enough for slaughter. +it helps them gain weight.
It makes me worry for how much of that is passed on too the people eating the meat as well as groundwater pollution and antibiotic resistant bacteria.

Would be good if you did an episode on that.

[lynnwemrick]

I suspect organosulfur compounds in plants such as cruciferous vegetables (broccoli, cabbage, brussels sprouts, and cauliflower) and the Allium group of foods  (onions, garlic, leeks, shallots and chives) will be found to be beneficial to our gut bacteria. Our microbiota fingerprint  is also influenced by your pets.