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Follow Your Gut

Follow Your Gut

By Rob Knight & Brendan Buhler

The Enormous Impact of Tiny Microbes. Simon and Schuster, 2015.

5.0 / 2

13 mins read

12 Key insights

A brief summary of Follow Your Gut

An eye-opening, research-driven text that closely examines the microbes living within all of us, their effect on our health and well-being, and how our everyday actions impact them both positively and negatively.

Key insights in Follow Your Gut

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What do you get from this book? Revealing info about microbiomes, why they’re vital to our health, and how to protect them
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Doctors used to believed disease was caused by the four “humors” until scientists proved bacteria was at fault
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Microbes outnumber humans; they live inside us, keeping us healthy by aiding in everything from digestion to sleep
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Our skin, intestines, and genitals are all home to different forms of microbes that have both positive and negative effects
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The birth canal transfers beneficial microbiomes to infants, but our life choices like diet can limit diversity and impact health
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Infectious diseases, obesity, and IBD are strongly related to alterations in microbiomes that scientists are still trying to understand
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Depression, anxiety, and autism are connected by the “microbiome-gut-brain axis”
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Prebiotics and probiotics promote health, while fecal transplants can actually grow new microbiome communities
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Vaccines are highly effective in preventing disease, while antibiotics vary based on the infection and level of resistance
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Summary of the key insights
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Selected critiques in brief
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Final word

Who should read Follow Your Gut

Healthcare workers • educators • medical students • scientists • those with an interest in homeopathy • pregnant women

About the author of Follow Your Gut

Professor Rob Knight earned his PhD in ecology and evolutionary biology from Princeton University. He is the co-founder of the American Gut Project and Earth Microbiome Project, researching microbiomes in a lab setting. Brendan Buhler is a science writer and former reporter. In 2007, he won the first place Best Business Feature News Story from the Nevada Press Association.

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