One Microbiome, Two Tests: Let ’s compare Atlas and Thryve

Your gut bacteria is like a subtenant. A pretty cool subtenant. As I’m sure you already know, bacteria that live in your gut play an important part in digestion and as a form of paying the rent, they give you vitamins and protection against their harmful peers. Experts are saying that the microbiome acts like an organ itself, and it’s central to the body’s operations. It affects aging, digestion, the immune system, cognitive functions – and, as a study from UCLA found, even mood. So, what is the microbiome? “All the organisms that call us home, that live in us and that interact with each other and with ourselves” answers this question Martin Blaser, microbiologist at the NYU School of Medicine. Microbiome both means the bugs that live in your gut and their DNA. So, the good part is we can check out their DNA to have more information on the quality and quantity and the bacteria’s interaction with us. And that’s what microbiome tests are for. Source: Pixabay How micro is your microbiome? Well, it all depends, would you call your brain micro? Because they are said to weigh the same. While the human body itself is said to contain about 37 trillion human cells, the microbiome – and the bulk of bacteria making it up – means an additional 30-50 trillion cells. Everyone’s individual microbiome is as unique as their fingerprint and comprised of hundreds of different types of bacteria. In addition, the actual number of th...
Source: The Medical Futurist - Category: Information Technology Authors: Tags: E-Patients Future of Food Genomics microbiome Personalized medicine research review microbiome test Source Type: blogs