> It's better to think of your body as a walking city of interlinked organisms of different species than a single organism. They need you as much as you need th

> It's better to think of your body as a walking city of interlinked organisms of different species than a single organism. They need you as much as you need them. Killing off some of those symbionts can have negative effects for the other party (you). > Mouthwash is indiscriminate in that it kills of a huge amount of bacteria, but some of those are actually useful. > It's better to think of your body as a walking city of interlinked organisms of different species than a single organism. They need you as much as you need them. Killing off some of those symbionts can have negative effects for the other party (you). > Mouthwash is indiscriminate in that it kills of a huge amount of bacteria, but some of those are actually useful. Not true https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35946140/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35946140/ Also some of those are quite harmful https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34666923/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34666923/