You are mostly bacteria ...

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Good article in the NYTimes on probiotics (you may have to register

to read it, but it's free ... if you read it soon, later you have

to pay).

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/14/health/14brod.html

From a cellular perspective, you might think the human body was mostly human.

But you'd be wrong. It is actually mostly bacterial.

The typical adult body harbors about 100 trillion bacterial cells from at least

500 species - 10 times the number of human cells. And that's not counting

viruses and fungi.

Most of these bacterial organisms are what medicine calls " friendly, " or at

least harmless. Friendly bacteria, or probiotics, serve a host of biological

functions important to the survival of the animal they populate. Some aid in

digestion, some compete with harmful bacteria and keep them in check, some

stimulate the immune system. And they may have other roles not yet known.

....

Heidi Jean

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At 12:53 PM 9/15/04 -0700, you wrote:

>From a cellular perspective, you might think the human body was mostly

human. But you'd be wrong. It is actually mostly bacterial.

That's funny. I thought we were " ugly bags of mostly water " .

(*wonders how long it will take for someone to get that*)

MFJ

Everything connects. The Universe is not THAT chaotic. Beauty can

still be found in the most amazing places.

[Guest guest]

We have a trekie on the list, didn't take long at all, did it?

Bright Blessings,

Kim

At 07:56 AM 9/16/2004, you wrote:

>At 12:53 PM 9/15/04 -0700, you wrote:

> >From a cellular perspective, you might think the human body was mostly

>human. But you'd be wrong. It is actually mostly bacterial.

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>That's funny. I thought we were " ugly bags of mostly water " .

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>(*wonders how long it will take for someone to get that*)

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>MFJ

>Everything connects. The Universe is not THAT chaotic. Beauty can

>still be found in the most amazing places.

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[Guest guest]

At 08:56 AM 9/16/04 -0500, you wrote:

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>We have a trekie on the list, didn't take long at all, did it?

>Bright Blessings,

>Kim

LOL. But can you say it in the right voice and intonation?

MFJ

Everything connects. The Universe is not THAT chaotic. Beauty can

still be found in the most amazing places.

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said:

:That's funny. I thought we were " ugly bags of mostly water " .

Yeah, but bacteria are also ugly bags of mostly water too!

LOL

Darrell

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> That's funny. I thought we were " ugly bags of mostly water " .

>

> (*wonders how long it will take for someone to get that*)

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Not as long as you might think . ; -)

Live long and prosper.

Bruce

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> The typical adult body harbors about 100 trillion bacterial cells

from at least 500 species - 10 times the number of human cells. And

that's not counting viruses and fungi.

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I heard somewhere that 10% of the bodies weight is from organisms

other than our own cells.

Bruce

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At 12:49 PM 9/16/04 -0500, you wrote:

> said:

>:That's funny. I thought we were " ugly bags of mostly water " .

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>Yeah, but bacteria are also ugly bags of mostly water too!

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>LOL

>Darrell

So we're just overgrown, then?

MFJ

Everything connects. The Universe is not THAT chaotic. Beauty can

still be found in the most amazing places.