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I don't quite understand why the microbiome should matter so much. Shouldn't it adapt to your diet if you stick to it long enough?
by grondilu 8y ago
I don't quite understand why the microbiome should matter so much. Shouldn't it adapt to your diet if you stick to it long enough?
- Jeff_Brown 8y agoBacterial persistence is weird. There's a Radiolab episode[1] where Robert Krulwich and Neil deGrasse Tyson shake hands and then measure the bacterial cultures on their hands repeatedly. Both shared bacteria, but the half-life of Tyson's bacteria on Krulwich's hands was short, while Krulwich's bacteria never seemed to disappear from Tyson's hands. (I don't remember how long they took measurements for, though, and I don't think it was very long.) [1] https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/handshake-experiment https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/handshake-experiment