Credit: Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
There is growing evidence that our biological inheritance due to our genes, is rivalled by our biological inheritance due to the microbes in our digestive tract.1,2
Tim Spector, professor of Genetic Epidemiology at King's College London & head of the British Gut Project, recently revealed some amazing new insights about the human digestive tract when interviewed on ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) radio:
The microbes in a human digestive tract, together
● are approximately the size of the liver
● number around 100 trillion!
● collectively known as the microbiome
● impact our digestion, our immune system & our brain
● can switch genes on & off
● are changed by our diet – by this means, what we eat impacts our health directly & also indirectly by its impact on our microbiome
● are passed from mother to offspring in a normal birthThrough this chain of interaction, our diet can impact future generations.
Podcast of the interview at: http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/blueprintforliving/food-and-our-genes/7512020
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1 “When gut bacteria change brain function”, http://hhg2tech.blogspot.com/2016/02/when-gut-bacteria-changes-brain-function.html
2 “How too much fat & sugar + too little fibre is making us sick”, http://hhg2tech.blogspot.com/2014/08/how-too-much-fat-sugar-too-little-fibre_23.html
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