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The Microbiome: Your Inner Ecosystem
We harbor roughly the same number of microbes as we have cells. This complex ecosystem is crucial to our health, affecting many processes including immunity, child development, and bone density regulation. Research in this area has exploded, and in this audiobook, we highlight some of the most exciting work on how the microbiome develops, its influence on brain and behavior, and implications in both contributing to and treating various disorders.
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, as an institutional author, is a popular science magazine founded by Rufus M. Porter and controlled by Nature Publishing Group since autumn, 2008. Mariette DiChristina has been editor-in-chief since December, 2009.
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December 15, 2022
I gave this audiobook and extra star mostly because it helped inform me of a problem my wife was having. It explained why she was having this problem. It had to do with taking so many antibiotics that it killed off the good bacteria in her as well as the bad and left her open to infection which later had to be killed off by yet another antibiotic.
In any case this audiobook explained the issues with good bacteria, why we need them, how probiotics work and often don't work and a funny story about one researcher who forced his son to eat only McDonald Hamburgers to see what effect that had on the flora of his gut. It certainly changed.
Contents
Section 1: How Your Microbiome Keeps You Healthy (00:05)
o The Ultimate Social Network by Jennifer Ackerman (29:18)
o The Peacekeepers by Moises Velasquez-Manoff (38:27)
o How Gut Bacteria Tell Their Hosts What to Eat by Knvul Sheikh (07:16)
o How Baby's First Microorganisms Could Be Crucial to Future Health by Sarah DeWeerdt (15:18)
o Youthful Poo Makes Aged Fish Live Longer by Ewen Callaway (03:16)
o How Your Gut Affects Your Bones by Ranna Samadfam (06:14)
o Why Is Your Microbiome Different from Mine? by Karen Weintraub (12:31)
o Does Our Microbiome Control Us or Do We Control It? by Dina Fine Maron (06:45)
o The Gut's Microbiome Changes Rapidly with Diet by Rachel Feltman (05:46)
o Heartburn Meds Alter the Gut by Melinda Wenner Moyer (04:00)
o Scientists Bust Myth that Our Bodies Have More Bacteria Than Human Cells by Alison Abbot (04:13)
Section 2: Mind Controllers (00:04)
o The Tantalizing Links Between Gut Microbes and the Brain by Peter Andrey Smith (21:40)
o Gut Bacteria May Play a Role by Melinda Wenner Moyer (04:10)
o In Search of the Optimal Brain Diet by Bret Stetka (32:03)
Section 3: Weighty Effects (00:04)
o Gut Reactions by Claudia Wallis (13:54)
o Metabolism in Mind by Roxanne Khamsi (21:05)
o Fiber-Famished Gut Microbes Linked to Poor Health by Katherine Harmon Courage (08:28)
o Mind over Meal: Weight-Loss Surgery and the Gut-Brain Connection by Bret Stetka (21:33)
o Artificial Sweeteners Get a Gut Check by Ellen Ruppel Shell (11:51)
Section 4: Disease Links (00:04)
o Bacterial Broadband by Michael Eisenstein (21:13)
o Microbial Mystery by Sarah DeWeerdt (15:09)
o The Breast Has Its Own Microbiome by Knvul Sheikh (03:50)
o Drinking Causes Gut Microbe Imbalance Linked to Liver Disease by Bob Roehr (08:45)
o Penis Microbes Linked to Increased Risk of HIV Infection by Matthew Sedacca (07:37)
o The Surface Brigade by Bijal Trivedi (12:09)
o Good Bacteria for Bad Breath by Deborah Franklin (11:45)
Section 5: Therapy: Microbiome to the Rescue (00:06)
o New Drugs May Come from Microbes in Our Guts by Michael Fischbach (04:50)
o Reseeding the Gut by Liam Drew (21:22)
o Germ Warfare by Maria-Luisa Alegre and Thomas F. Gajewski (04:35)
o A Hidden Factor in Stroke Severity: The Microbes in Your Gut by Jordana Cepelewicz (06:52)
o Drugging the Gut Microbiome by Ken Garber (29:33)
o Probiotics Are No Panacea by Ferris Jabr (12:47)
o Microbiome Engineering by Justin L. Sonnenburg (04:10)
o Machine Life by Timothy K. Lu and Oliver Purcell (21:40)
In any case this audiobook explained the issues with good bacteria, why we need them, how probiotics work and often don't work and a funny story about one researcher who forced his son to eat only McDonald Hamburgers to see what effect that had on the flora of his gut. It certainly changed.
Contents
Section 1: How Your Microbiome Keeps You Healthy (00:05)
o The Ultimate Social Network by Jennifer Ackerman (29:18)
o The Peacekeepers by Moises Velasquez-Manoff (38:27)
o How Gut Bacteria Tell Their Hosts What to Eat by Knvul Sheikh (07:16)
o How Baby's First Microorganisms Could Be Crucial to Future Health by Sarah DeWeerdt (15:18)
o Youthful Poo Makes Aged Fish Live Longer by Ewen Callaway (03:16)
o How Your Gut Affects Your Bones by Ranna Samadfam (06:14)
o Why Is Your Microbiome Different from Mine? by Karen Weintraub (12:31)
o Does Our Microbiome Control Us or Do We Control It? by Dina Fine Maron (06:45)
o The Gut's Microbiome Changes Rapidly with Diet by Rachel Feltman (05:46)
o Heartburn Meds Alter the Gut by Melinda Wenner Moyer (04:00)
o Scientists Bust Myth that Our Bodies Have More Bacteria Than Human Cells by Alison Abbot (04:13)
Section 2: Mind Controllers (00:04)
o The Tantalizing Links Between Gut Microbes and the Brain by Peter Andrey Smith (21:40)
o Gut Bacteria May Play a Role by Melinda Wenner Moyer (04:10)
o In Search of the Optimal Brain Diet by Bret Stetka (32:03)
Section 3: Weighty Effects (00:04)
o Gut Reactions by Claudia Wallis (13:54)
o Metabolism in Mind by Roxanne Khamsi (21:05)
o Fiber-Famished Gut Microbes Linked to Poor Health by Katherine Harmon Courage (08:28)
o Mind over Meal: Weight-Loss Surgery and the Gut-Brain Connection by Bret Stetka (21:33)
o Artificial Sweeteners Get a Gut Check by Ellen Ruppel Shell (11:51)
Section 4: Disease Links (00:04)
o Bacterial Broadband by Michael Eisenstein (21:13)
o Microbial Mystery by Sarah DeWeerdt (15:09)
o The Breast Has Its Own Microbiome by Knvul Sheikh (03:50)
o Drinking Causes Gut Microbe Imbalance Linked to Liver Disease by Bob Roehr (08:45)
o Penis Microbes Linked to Increased Risk of HIV Infection by Matthew Sedacca (07:37)
o The Surface Brigade by Bijal Trivedi (12:09)
o Good Bacteria for Bad Breath by Deborah Franklin (11:45)
Section 5: Therapy: Microbiome to the Rescue (00:06)
o New Drugs May Come from Microbes in Our Guts by Michael Fischbach (04:50)
o Reseeding the Gut by Liam Drew (21:22)
o Germ Warfare by Maria-Luisa Alegre and Thomas F. Gajewski (04:35)
o A Hidden Factor in Stroke Severity: The Microbes in Your Gut by Jordana Cepelewicz (06:52)
o Drugging the Gut Microbiome by Ken Garber (29:33)
o Probiotics Are No Panacea by Ferris Jabr (12:47)
o Microbiome Engineering by Justin L. Sonnenburg (04:10)
o Machine Life by Timothy K. Lu and Oliver Purcell (21:40)
November 11, 2022
As a series of articles updating people on the latest science, this is quite good. And for most people who'll pick this up and read it, that's probably exactly what they're looking for and I'm sure they'll be satisfied.
But boy was it tough to get through as an audiobook. Very disjointed, not a great narrator, and shows why most Science article writers haven't broken into popular science writing. Two out of five stars to adhere to Goodreads' guideline, it was ok.
But boy was it tough to get through as an audiobook. Very disjointed, not a great narrator, and shows why most Science article writers haven't broken into popular science writing. Two out of five stars to adhere to Goodreads' guideline, it was ok.
January 8, 2023
A decent collection of articles, but quite repetitive and there wasn't much new that I learned.
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