This is an evolutionary partnership, and if we’re getting more cancer or chronic disease in the gut, they have to be part of the story. Our gut microbiome is responsible for educating our immune systems as we grow and for controlling how those immune systems function later in life, as we age. I don't know WTF climate change has to do with our microbiome, or even why the author seems to think that climate "change" is the biggest threat facing humanity today. These changes cause and drive inflammation and we think this increases the risk of cancer and other chronic diseases. Microbes have been used as therapy and cancer treatment for hundreds of years – but they’ve been ignored by mainstream science.

The gut microbiome plays a significant role in the health of young children, and Kinross provides actionable insights on what can be done to ensure better health for our children in the future. And that, in our quest to cure the world of infectious diseases, we’ve inadvertently created a new pandemic of non-infectious ones.The author even managed to shoe-horn in some bit of low-resolution garbage about trans people (somehow); in a book about microbes, no less.

For the best part of two decades I have sampled the microbiomes of generous patients undergoing surgery in theatre number three, in my quest to find answers to these questions. The book makes a compelling case for why this subject should be taught in schools, given its far-reaching implications for public health. It is given to us by our mothers at birth, adapts with us as we age, influences our moods, determines how fast we run and even who we choose as a partner. Much as some microbes do cause illness and death, we cannot live healthy lives without an extraordinarily diverse and changing personal biosphere of microbial companions which we influence and which influence us. Whether you're a health professional, a young parent, or simply someone interested in the future of healthcare, this book is a must-read.Just like an evangelical Christian who never shuts up about Jesus, these people just can't help themselves. And an antibiotic drip was cleansing me of my foes, bacteria – after all, they had inflamed my appendix. Dr James Kinross a Consultant surgeon specialising in the gut microbiome at Imperial College London and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has published a new book, Dark Matter. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. I’d rather have it as a physical book than the e-book I got as I think it is a book worth checking again in the future.