How Your Gut Affects Your Bones

[jakeXT]

We’re technically more “other” than we are human. Our bodies contain vastly more microbes than there are stars in the Milky Way—about 100 trillion microbes just in the gut of any single person. This huge and dizzying ecosystem of tiny critters, mostly bacteria, is referred to as the gut microbiome, and it helps make us who we are.
It may also help heal our bones.
Our diet, antibiotic use, where and how we were born, and personal hygiene all affect the gut microbiome. This is important, because even slight imbalances in the composition of our microbiomes can lead to dramatic effects on disease.
In fact, the microbiome is now known to influence heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, Alzheimer’s disease and obesity - and scientists are discovering new links every year. The microbiome is no longer just a preoccupation of microbiologists. It’s finally getting the attention it deserves across all areas of medicine.

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/how-your-gut-affects-your-bones/

[RobertEarl]

1. We are what we eat?

Who knew?

Want to be a twinkie? Eat twinkies.