We've all seen science fiction movies—some cornier than
others—in which people have robotic arms or facial features welded from metal. Although
this may be an exciting vision of the future, our current biology is pretty
amazing, too.
There are about 100 trillion bacteria living in your body.
Number sound big? It is; bacterial cells outnumber your own cells 10-to-1. You
house a veritable microbiome.
While this statistic may disgust you, those bacteria are
crucial to your health. In fact, Dr. Martin Blaser links disruption of
bacterial balance to the onset of many diseases—from allergies to celiac
disease. He condemns over-prescription of antibiotics as a major cause.
Although most of us don't have the MDs necessary to control
antibiotic prescription, you can help maintain your internal ecosystem by
consuming probiotics. See this blog post to learn more!
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