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...comes to bugs like bacteria and parasites, we've been trained to think that less is better. But there are some good guys in the microbial world - bugs that do the unglamorous work of keeping us regular and helping to relieve a range of disorders from diarrhea to irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Now a new study suggests that the same microbes may even help us stay slim...
...butt of a few jokes around the pub. What she didn't realize - at least not fully - was just how important her subject was. George's new book The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters delves into the taboo subject of bowel evacuation, with tact, sensitivity - and the right amount of style. Reporting on the sewers of London and the slums of New Delhi and the high-tech toilets of Tokyo, George comes to understand that sanitation is no laughing matter - it's the difference between life and death. "I thought a toilet...
...that boosting the levels of these bacteria has a variety of benefits: "Seventy per cent of your immune system is localized in your intestine, and intestinal bacteria trigger the immune system." The wrong balance among species can cause or aggravate flatulence, diarrhea, constipation, infections, cancers, and conditions like irritable bowel syndrome...
...There is no question that the large-bowel microflora [bacteria] are important for human health and that probiotics can contribute positively," says David Topping, a chief research scientist at Australia's premier science body, the CSIRO. "But there is much that we don't know about the nature of the benefits they give...
...sense of the domino effect here. You put a bullet through a man's spine, all kinds of things happen. Tomas has bowel and bladder issues. Tomas has erectile dysfunction-28 years old, in the prime of his life. What we're saying with this film is that what you see with Tomas is a drama taking place behind the closed doors of thousands of homes in this country. Thousands. We're trying to show the reality of this war, which is the most sanitized war in our lifetime...