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And Now For Something Completely Different:
Somehow in their infinite-power, Wired has managed to wrangle the best doctor ever to answer some health questions.
“The Hangover”-series crazy-man, Ken Jeong!
And although he’s a bit more serious here than in his roles as Mister Chow, or Ben Chang on cult-hit TV-show “Community”, he’s still a lot of fun…
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How Soon Is Now?:
So we recently learned that the modern western diet undernourishes our insides & probably results in health problems that come from probiotic deficiencies.
But they’re not just your health problems for now.
Because Justin & Erica Sonnenburg found out something else about your body’s helpful microbes; and the news only gets worse.
They discovered that once a creature loses these microbes…
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There Are Bigger Problems Than Just Big Carbs:
So for at least awhile now, a few decades after the 80’s low-fat high-pasta big-hair crazy-times, people have been warned about both the burgers, fries & snacks-style western diet, and also getting too many sweets & “fast” carbs.
Well, now we can add another demerit to the western diet: Health problems that come from probiotic deficiencies.
Because the fiber in your food isn’t just there to keep you functioning, there’s a lot more to it. Read on…
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Too Much Of A Good/Bad Thing:
We’ve all been told we need antibiotics from time-to-time. But sometimes, that advice gets taken a bit too far into overuse.
So much so that not only do we now have antibiotic-resistant superbugs, but many strains of old annoyances are on the verge of turning antibiotic-resistant, too.
Well now we can chalk up another issue to watch out for: Long-Term Collateral-Damage…
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So I guess the old guys kicking around back 1,000+ years ago weren’t so dumb after-all.
First Plato, Seneca, Pythagoras, DaVinci, Hasselhoff, and now a guy named Bald. -Who wrote something called a Leechbook. One of the earliest medical textbooks known.
I know, I know, whenever you hear about old remedies you think of alchemy, bloodletting, witches & Monty-Python. -But not so fast…
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Using historical procedures coupled with some clever architecture tricks, two Northeastern U. scientists have created at least the beginnings of 1 new antibiotic, 25 other candidates, and maybe even a whole new Class of them.
(funny how strangely-similar their process was to what those Hygeine Hypothesis guys advised)…
How these guys weren’t THE MOST POPULAR DUDES IN ALL OF ANCIENT HISTORY escapes me.
George Armelagos and Mark Nelson found something awesome in the bones of ancient Nubians they examined. -Thorough, pervasive, long-term evidence of tetracycline intake!
-WTF?
Yup, they had happened upon a few of the microbes that flourish in their environment, which also…
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In an interesting interspecies twist,
that is mercifully not NSFW,
Dr. Michael Zasloff shares his observations about our funny, wake-surfing friends in a letter to the JID, hoping that some day maybe we can gain abilities similar to them.
Nope; their miraculous ability to…
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