Rob Knight, Brendan Buhler Listen to Your Body's Influence of Tiny Microbes Book

How many germs are inside us? You are made up of about 10 trillion human cells, but there are about a hundred trillion microbial cells living inside and on the surface of your body. This means that you are basically not you. Why would your doctor want to know more about your microbiome? Because new research is emerging that points to a previously unknown link between our microbes and numerous human diseases, particularly obesity, arthritis, autism, and depression. With the realization of such a connection, the prospects for future treatments begin to smolder for us. And our microbiome is affected by almost everything: medications, diet, whether you are the oldest child of your parents, how many sexual partners you have, and the like. 

Number of pages: 128.