More on Microbiome

[Ego]

All three kits are spoken for. Thanks!

[Slevin]

@Ego, others in this thread: would anyone be interested in a mini-book-club discussion on "The Art of Fermentation" by Sandor Katz? Just picked up a copy and it looks like a nice thorough discussion on many of the bacteria associated with ferments as well as how to make a lot of different fermentations and their histories.

[Ego]

Absolutely! I just put the book on hold at the library.

Worldcat listing
https://www.worldcat.org/title/art-of-f ... ef_results

[Ego]

An excellent video on resistant starch and microbiome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI3KtR3 ... e=youtu.be

[GandK]

Anyone want to be part of a U.S. Army study on this issue?

Per CNN: "The U.S. Army Institute of Environmental Medicine is looking for volunteers (PDF) to eat military food rations for 21 consecutive days for a study of the impact of Meals, Ready-to-Eat, or MREs, on gut health. Researchers want to learn how MREs influence the millions of bacteria in troops' digestive systems." Article here.

Compensation for the testing is"up to $200" in addition to the 21 days of food, per the study participation requirements (PDF). In addition to being younger than 62 and reasonably healthy, you'd need to be in reasonable travel distance of Natick, MA for testing there for "3 hours, 4 separate times" as well as a handful of other tests.

[Slevin]

A long documentary on one of Michael Pollan's books, In Defense of Food has a lengthy section at the end (starts around 1:22:00) about the human microbiome. Interesting stuff, and a pretty good watch overall while you are doing other things like cooking and exercising.

[Chad]

Multiple generations of poor eaters may endanger our ability to even have a healthy microbiome.

http://www.latimes.com/science/la-sci-s ... story.html

[NPV]

Quick question on uBiome. They have this special offer now:

http://www.ubiomeblog.com/january-5-for-1-sale/

Would it work to instead of sampling five sites, just divide this between 5 peopleto sample 1 site each? Or are the kits or interpretations site-specific?

[Ego]

I don't know the answer but I sent them the question through their online form. They seem to be responsive to social media so you might try their facebook page or twitter as the coupon code expires today.

I sent my sample in about ten days ago.... being processed.

[anomie]

"Being Social May Help Spread ‘Good Bacteria,’ Boost Your Gut Microbe Diversity"
http://www.medicaldaily.com/being-socia ... ity-370076

[7Wannabe5]

So, if you are polyamorous and frequently hug and share food with moderately grubby children whose parents regularly travel back and forth to Yemen and Bangladesh etc. and you eat a lot of pickles,sauerkraut and unwashed organic garden produce, then you will be very happy and live a very long time. Right? Is there something else I should be doing?

[tonyedgecombe]

More from the BBC on this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35193414

[7Wannabe5]

No shortcut to observing your own reactions and responses and dis-eases, both in the moment and over time (sigh.) Took me forever to realize that oatmeal with chopped up apple was not a good breakfast for "me" because I would always crash on it, whereas a slice of leftover pizza gave "me" no difficulties.

[Ego]

Free 5-site ubiome kit for seniors (65+)
http://ubiome.com/pages/senior-sale

John Cryan on a nutrition podcast talking about the microbiome, stress, the brain and behavior.
http://sigmanutrition.com/episode105

He speaks about fecal transplant and anxiety. Interesting.

[Ego]

More than two months since Ubiome has received my samples and still no results. I could have sequenced them myself in that amount of time.

[jennypenny]

Maybe the contents of your soylent have them stumped?

No results here either (submitted after you though).

[7Wannabe5]

Just learned of something that may be of interest. One of the reasons why many perma-culturists believe that soil should be tilled as infrequently as practical/possible is that the complex microbial system within the less oxygenated soil is destroyed in favor of quick carbon burn due to exposure to oxygen. So, one technique used to rebuild microbial diversity in depleted soil is to take a long stocking and fill it with white rice, then go find the most advanced, complex, undisturbed ecosystem in your region and dig a deep hole in the forest soil and bury the stocking for a month or three. Then you dig it up and let the microbial population further grow in a barrel of molasses water. Then you use this water to inoculate your garden soil.

Of course, it obviously follows that you could also eat the rice after it has been deep woods microbe inoculated.

I wonder how long it would take for a Twinkie to be inoculated if you buried it? -lol

[vroom]

Make sure you log in to your Ubiome account on the website. I never got an email saying my results were in, but they had been posted to my account without warning when I finally decided to check.

[Ego]

Eat dirt.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/ ... 051616.php

Injections of the soil bacterium Mycobacterium vaccae promote stress resilience and improve coping behaviors in mice, according to a new study

[Ego]

Podcast (starts 5:13)

http://howonearthradio.org/archives/5403

Our Microbes, Ourselves: Soil Bacteria Treat Stress Disorders

Microbes and Stress Resilience If you’re worried that some dirt still clings to your skin under your fingernails after planting or weeding in the garden, fear not. In fact, the more you feel and even breathe its fumes, the better, research suggests. As part of our series called “Our Microbes, Ourselves,” we explore today a newly published study that adds to a growing body of research into the benefits of certain soil and gut microbes on our mental and physical health. Dr. Christopher Lowry, an associate professor of integrative physiology at the University of Colorado-Boulder, discusses with host Susan Moran the study, which he led. It shows that a common soil bacterium called M. vaccae can boost the immune system to help fight stress and inflammation. The research, published last week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, was conducted on mice, but the health implications for humans are far-reaching.