Back to my science books!
I liked this book. It was a good overall introduction into the human microbiome. I was surprised to know that our lungs actually have a separate microbiome and it connects to our guts as well. It makes sense I just never thought of it. Also, it talks about how antibiotics increase risk for many types of cancer. I had never seen this in writing either. It also makes sense, but to see a doctor say it makes it real in a lot of ways. Which is weird, but we all take things more seriously when someone with a degree says them, right?
Also, the book talks about how we can treat cancer with microbes. And it goes into a lot of specifics about specific strains of bacteria/microbes. I appreciate the micro viewpoint. But when it comes to the microbiome I prefer a macro viewpoint because when you get too specific you miss the big picture. I wish doctors would agree on some foundational concepts or ideas about the microbiome so we can all have a solid foundation to work and build from. But there are so many different things said by so many different doctors and scientists. It is exhausting. I have been reading these kinds of books for years and I do not think they are any closer to agreeing on foundational ideas because they are so concerned with the details and the micro concepts.
However, they did talk a lot throughout the book about Fecal Transplants. Which if you know me, you know that I love this idea. Did you know that mice eat each others pooh when they are kept in the same cage? There is a fancy word for this but does it really matter? This is how mice regulate their microbiomes. When they put sick mice in a cage with healthy mice they would become better because they ate the pooh from the healthy mice. Thus, changing their microbiome. Did you know that they have been doing fecal transplants on humans in China since around the 1600s? I knew that fecal transplants were done on farm animals in England and Western Europe since the 1400s. But they have been doing fecal transplants on humans for almost as long.
I just googled and it looks like the first fecal transplant in China was 4th century. Why do we not continue to do this more? I am not into eating pooh. But we have really screwed up the environment with antibiotics chemicals and drugs. This has created a snowball effect of shitty health conditions and chronic illness. We should just do what has worked since nearly the beginning of time, right?
In the part of this book on treating cancer, it talks about how a fecal transplant can help treat the cancer. Why don’t all people who get cancer get a fecal transplant from someone with a healthy immune system? Sure, it may not completely cure their cancer. But it would allow them a healthier immune system which would help them deal with the stress and treatment of the condition better.
I think anyone who gets diagnosed with a chronic illness or cancer should get a fecal transplant and go on vacation in Mexico to a small town. And while you are there go to the pharmacy and take worm medicine. Pharmaceutical worm pills have been shown to kill cancer and pathogens associated with pretty much all illness. Do this for a week or two or even a month, while intermittent fasting and eating a lot of rice, beans, and corn. This will grow your butyrate producing bacteria because they love resistant starch. And butyrate is excellent at killing cancer, inflammation, and pathogens. Plus, it helps people deal with stress so that a stressful situation does not end in PTSD. Plus, the tomatoes in the salsa create serotonin production which will kick start your immune system.
You know how they have sperm banks where men get paid for their sperm because they are handsome, smart, or wealthy? We should have fecal banks where people can buy pooh from people who are fancy in the way they want to be fancy. Especially, for before you breed. Looks are epigenetic. So if you want to be beautiful you need the bacteria from someone beautiful in order to turn your genes on and off in a beautiful manner. Granted you can create these changes through diet and lifestyle. But a fecal transplant is like a cheat code. You can get what you want within a month or two. Why do we do everything the hard way? Do you know how much money it would save us all, as tax payers, if we gave fecal transplants to all the people with chronic illness on state insurance nationwide. We would save billions of dollars and reduce the amount of antibiotics in the water and environment. I like feeling good. And I really like saving money. How about you all?