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Exploring The Invisible Universe That Lives On Us — And In Us

Posted by: Prana ()

Date: December 10, 2013 07:24PM

Here's an excellent animation on the microbial life that lives within all of us: Exploring The Invisible Universe That Lives On Us — And In Us.

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The next time you look in a mirror, think about this: In many ways you're more microbe than human. There are 10 times more cells from microorganisms like bacteria and fungi in and on our bodies than there are human cells.

Scientists increasingly think that these microorganisms have a huge influence on our health. Without them, our bodies don't seem to do as well. We don't seem to be as healthy and might actually get sick more often.

But these tiny compatriots are invisible to the naked eye. So we asked artist Ben Arthur to give us a guided tour. Join me as we dive into the rich universe of the human microbiome.

Eating a high fiber diet like the raw food diet is going to provide a ton of prebiotics for your good bacteria to flourish, and this in turn will strengthen your immune system. One area I disagree with the video is this video says that microbes teach your immune system how to detect invading microbes; I rather think that the microbes are the first and possibly the largest line of defense -- they compete with the bad microbes and even convert the bad microbes into behaving like good ones.

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Re: Exploring The Invisible Universe That Lives On Us — And In Us

Posted by: suncloud ()

Date: December 10, 2013 09:18PM

Very cool!

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