Little Gut Critters
Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 10:21 pm
Human microfauna is getting a lot of attention these days since it seems to be involved in everything from obesity to mental health.
This is an area where the pop sci will quickly outpace the real research. Probiotics will become the next super-dooper food, I'm sure. It's already a super food.
Not that I'm against probiotics. But even too much Activia can't be good for you. I wonder if researchers will take a look at what compromises a healthy population of gut bacteria and how to restore or protect it. It would not surprise me in the least if gut bacteria was maintained by a No S like structure and that the constant eating/grazing that we seem to do somehow altered the bacterial population makeup.
Pure conjecture on my part and I'm willing to wait to see what the science actually says on this.
This is an area where the pop sci will quickly outpace the real research. Probiotics will become the next super-dooper food, I'm sure. It's already a super food.
Not that I'm against probiotics. But even too much Activia can't be good for you. I wonder if researchers will take a look at what compromises a healthy population of gut bacteria and how to restore or protect it. It would not surprise me in the least if gut bacteria was maintained by a No S like structure and that the constant eating/grazing that we seem to do somehow altered the bacterial population makeup.
Pure conjecture on my part and I'm willing to wait to see what the science actually says on this.