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008    150401s2015    nyua     b    001 0 eng   
010    2015004721 
020    9780062345981 (hardback) 
020    0062345982 (hardback) 
020    9780062345998 (paperback) 
020    0062345990 (paperback) 
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100 1  Collen, Alanna. 
245 10 10% human :|bhow your body's microbes hold the key to 
       health and happiness /|cAlanna Collen. 
246 3  Ten percent human. 
250    First U.S. edition. 
264  1 New York, NY :|bHarper,|c[2015] 
300    327 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :|bcolor 
       illustrations ;|c24 cm. 
336    text|2rdacontent. 
337    unmediated|2rdamedia. 
338    volume|2rdacarrier. 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  The other 90% -- Twenty-fist-century sickness -- All 
       diseases begin in the gut -- Mind control -- The selfish 
       microbe -- Germ warfare -- You are what you eat -- From 
       the very first breath -- Microbial restoration -- Twenty-
       first-century health -- 100% human. 
520    "You are just 10% human. For every one of the cells that 
       make up the vessel that you call your body, there are nine
       impostor cells hitching a ride. You are not just flesh and
       blood, muscle and bone, brain and skin, but also bacteria 
       and fungi. Over your lifetime, you will carry the 
       equivalent weight of five African elephants in microbes. 
       You are not an individual but a colony.Until recently, we 
       had thought our microbes hardly mattered, but science is 
       revealing a different story, one in which microbes run our
       bodies and becoming a healthy human is impossible without 
       them.In this riveting, shocking, and beautifully written 
       book, biologist Alanna Collen draws on the latest 
       scientific research to show how our personal colony of 
       microbes influences our weight, our immune system, our 
       mental health, and even our choice of partner. She argues 
       that so many of our modern diseases--obesity, autism, 
       mental illness, digestive disorders, allergies, 
       autoimmunity afflictions, and even cancer--have their root
       in our failure to cherish our most fundamental and 
       enduring relationship: that with our personal colony of 
       microbes.Many of the questions about modern diseases left 
       unanswered by the Human Genome Project are illuminated by 
       this new science. And the good news is that unlike our 
       human cells, we can change our microbes for the better. 
       Collen's book is a revelatory and indispensable guide. It 
       is science writing at its most relevant: life--and your 
       body--will never seem the same again"--|cProvided by 
       publisher. 
520    "An argument for the importance of gut bacteria in the 
       human body and how this affects our health and well-being"
       --|cProvided by publisher. 
650  0 Intestines|xMicrobiology. 
650  0 Microorganisms|xTherapeutic use. 
650  0 Microbial metabolism.