SOMETHING NEW TO WORRY ABOUT: BAD BUGS WITHIN — by Steve Nadis
As if we didn’t have enough to worry about, here’s something to think about: We’re made of bugs. Of the 110 trillion or cells in the human body, only about 10 trillion cells are truly “human.” The remaining 100 trillion or so consist of bacteria, fungi, and other organisms. While that may sound disconcerting, I haven’t gotten to the bad part yet. It appears that strains of bacteria that have colonized our bodies for centuries and millennia are disappearing and new microbes are moving in. The question is: What are these new guys like? Are they well-behaved or are they bad actors that will lead us on the road to perdition? Only time will tell. In the meantime, sleep well.
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