I Contain Multitudes

timbuk

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Posted 8/3/2019 5:14 PM (GMT 0)

Has anyone read the book, "I Contain Multitudes"? I just finished it. It's about bacteria and their interactions/symbiosis with humans and bugs/animals/etc.

It talked about some interesting studies re: UC and IBD and I was curious if any who has read it took any lessons from it.

Sara14

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Posted 8/3/2019 5:26 PM (GMT 0)

I haven't, but I love the title. I will check it out.

naturalcurl

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Posted 8/4/2019 2:45 AM (GMT 0)

I read the book a few months ago. It was heavy going and I ran up some library overdue fines. The IBD studies did not show a lot of hopeful results but at least a lot of research is happening. We are not being ignored.

I noticed that Yong, the author, in his celebration of microbes didn't say much about Bad Bugs or the need to avoid them. For example they are having a public health emergency around hepatitis A in Florida. I recall that he is not a big fan of probiotics, saying they don't colonize the gut.

Uniform Charlie

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Posted 8/6/2019 12:49 AM (GMT 0)

I "read" the audiobook. It was entertaining but falls under the umbrella of pop-science. A lot of hype and cherry picking of data etc. If I remember correctly, the IBD info was flawed or cherry picked studies. It was a while ago that I read it but I enjoyed it.

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