The future of medicine.

[Darren]

this is a good summary of how important the gut biome is. Ninety percent of your body ain't human. Take care of it. It will take care of you.


“This is an exciting time, and [this research] is extremely important — only 10% of the human body is human. The other 90% are microbes.”

https://mic.com/articles/185429/human-m ... .AdjiRbOB1

[Darren]

An earlier article that's somewhat of a summary: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/arch ... ign=buffer

[Darren]

Mechanism discovered that results in irritable bowel disease. Area of research for other autoimmune diseases.

http://ucalgary.ca/utoday/issue/2017-10 ... -disorders

[RayThom]

More gut stuff -- MS to PTSD.

"Who knows what evil lurks in the gut of men?" The Shadow knows.

https://newatlas.com/gut-bacteria-ptsd- ... ers/51959/

[Darren]

An analogy might be comparing the discovery of penicillin and the beginning of antibiotic treatments to where gut research is now except scientists have better tools. C dif now and autoimmune disease in the near future.

[Darren]

Are bacteria the cause of heart disease? Could be.

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/319967.php

[RayThom]

I found this interesting, too.

https://newatlas.com/traumatic-brain-in ... age/52524/

[wesw]

what a good thread.

[wesw]

...please continue it.

doing any work on Lyme?

I took doxycycline for a long period of time.

my innards took quite a while to normalize.

anyway, this is a beneficial thread.

thanks

[Darren]

Overall description of the biome and health.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/m ... our-health