The Enterobacter microbe in your gut may be part of what's turning that yummy high-fat diet into … well, a high-fat body.
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This microbe is making you fat
The difference between an obese person and a thinner one may not be just diet. Certain microbes that live naturally in our guts may contribute a great deal to whether we become obese and develop obesi…
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I was listening to an interesting programme on BBC radio tonight (because while Murdoch and the Right hate it, we still have a proper broadcaster…at the moment) about microbes. (edit in – bit tangental here, but I found it interesting)
Microbes in and on your body outnumber cells by between 10 and 100 to 1 – meaning you are actually less than 10% human and more than 90% microbe (BEHOLD, I AM MICROBE MAN – and I have a really nice cape with a MM on). Aside from the well known problems of prescribing penicillin when it is not needed – superbugs, wasted money etc, it kills ALL the microbes, and most of them are the friendly ones that Yakult keep blathering about in their ads for their pointless dairy drinks. These are killed as well by the drugs, which is why lots of people get diarrhoea after a course of penicillin- they’ve killed the stuff that makes the digestion work properly.
The latest field of research is microbes that kill ‘bad’ bacteria by becoming a parasite, yet are harmless to humans.
Normal soap and hot water are enough to kill stuff around your house- don’t get suckered by the disaster scenario ads.
True story. I was about to throw a bleach bottle into the recycling, when my wife said it had to be clean, so I should wash it.
I replied “It kills 99.9%* of all known germs. The inside of this bottle is the cleanest thing in the house. By washing out I will actually be making it dirtier with the water!”
I’m a husband. I washed it out.
*Nothing is advertised as 100% effective, because some bugs are so small they can’t be detected, so 100% can’t be proved (though you can safely assume this). I am bemused by society’s need for perfectly sterile toilet bowls. Who is licking them after the flush?
“I’m a husband. I washed it out.”
Bravo, sir.