Book Recommendation

I just listened to an audiobook by Ed Yong called "I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life". There are several references to IBD, research, FMT, gut health etc. I found it very interesting in the context of UC. Anyone with a passing interest in the microbiome should find it interesting.

I read the book "I Contain Multitudes". It was heavy going and I racked up some library fines. He cites study after study but, correct me if I am wrong, did not find a lot of help for IBD. Even probiotics do not colonize the gut because they are not part of the normal flora. Yong celebrates microbes and I agree that our society is too paranoid about all these germs being everywhere and dangerous. In his celebration of poop I did not see much reference to pathogens such as the recent hepatitis A in California--a result of poor sanitation and spread by the fecal/oral route. I do recommend the book as there are a lot of potential human/microbe connections that are amazing.