10% Human: How Your Body's Microbes Hold the Key to Health and

10% Human: How Your Body's Microbes Hold the Key to Health and Happiness

You are just 10% human. For every one of the cells that make up the vessel that you call your body, there are nine impostor cells hitching a ride. You are not just flesh and blood, muscle and bone, brain and skin, but also bacteria and fungi. Over your lifetime, you will carry the equivalent weight of five African elephants in microbes. You are not an individual but a colony.
Until recently, we had thought our microbes hardly mattered, but science is revealing a different story, one in which microbes run our bodies; remaining a healthy human is impossible without them.
In this riveting, shocking, and beautifully written book, biologist Alanna Collen draws on the latest scientific research to show how our personal colony of microbes influences our weight, immune system, mental health, and even our choice of partner. She argues that so many of our modern diseasesâ€”obesity, autism, mental illness, digestive disorders, allergies, autoimmune afflictions, and even cancerâ€”have their root in our failure to cherish our most fundamental and enduring relationship: that with our individual colony of microbes.
The good news is that unlike our human cells, we can change our microbes for the better. Lifeâ€”and your bodyâ€”will never seem the same again.
Country USA
Brand Harper Paperbacks
Manufacturer Harper Paperbacks
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 648150
ReleaseDate 2016-05-10
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780062345998

Country	USA
Brand	Harper Paperbacks
Manufacturer	Harper Paperbacks
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	648150
ReleaseDate	2016-05-10
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9780062345998

10% Human: How Your Body's Microbes Hold the Key to Health and Happiness

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