I’ve long used the Amazon jungle simile, but I like the coral reef reference. Keep this in mind when a doctor casually prescribes antibiotics – you may be killing an important part of you. Feed your gut; love your fauna; tend the world within.
Viruses in the human gut show dynamic response to diet
… said Dr. Frederic Bushman of the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, senior author of the study…
The digestive system is home to a myriad of viruses, but how they are involved in health and disease is poorly understood. In a study published online August 30 in Genome Research, researchers have investigated the dynamics of virus populations in the human gut, shedding new light on the gut "virome" and how it differs between people and responds to changes in diet. …
The interactions between viruses, bacteria, and the human host likely have significant consequences for human health and disease, especially in the delicate ecosystem of the gut microbiome.