FollowYourGut_TheEnormousImpactofTinyMic.epub

Thank you for downloading this TED Books eBook. Join our mailing list and get updates on new releases, deals, bonus content and other great books from TED Books and Simon & Schuster. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP or visit us online to sign up at eBookNews.SimonandSchuster.com CONTENTS INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1 The Body Microbial CHAPTER 2 How We Get Our Microbiome CHAPTER 3 In Sickness and in Health CHAPTER 4 The Gut-Brain Axis SIDEBAR A Brief History of Bugs CHAPTER 5 Hacking Your Microbiome CHAPTER 6 Antibiotics CHAPTER 7 The Future ADDENDUM The American Gut SIDEBAR The Science (and Art) of Microbiome Mapping ACKNOWLEDGMENTS WATCH ROB KNIGHT’S TED TALK ABOUT TED BOOKS ALSO FROM TED BOOKS ABOUT TED ABOUT ROB KNIGHT AND BRENDAN BUHLER NOTES To my parents, Allison and John, for their genes, ideas, and microbes. INTRODUCTION You, we know: human, bipedal, noble in reason, infinite in faculties, heir to all creation, has never read a single end-user license agreement—just checks the box. Now meet the rest of you: the trillions of tiny creatures living in your eyes, your ears, and inside the mag......