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RE: There Is No Such Thing As Free Will
You've touched on a subject I've wondered about for a while (but lack anyone to have a logical discussion about it with).
A few years ago I read about a bacteria/bacterium? that mice pick up from cat feces that caused the mice to be attracted to the smell of cat urine.
No joke.
That made me wonder, after hearing that 93% of the DNA in our bodies is bacterial (a different statistic, but similar enough to your " 1 in 10 human cells in our bodies are bacterial" statistic to jibe) how much of human activity is being driven by the bacteria in our bodies?
Are today's adrenaline junkies really just expressing what their bacteria are instructing them to do?
:) most people are afraid to be confronted with the possibilities. tough questions.
Then I'll just give you a ;-) and we'll keep it to ourselves.
It's impossible for a human cell to be bacterial. You have your statistic wrong. The statistic is there are 10 bacterial cells for every 1 human cell-- 10:1 ratio.
If that interests you, I recommend looking into gut health in general.
There is a lot of new evidence coming out that suggests that the bacterial makeup in our gut has a huge influence on the production of serotonin and some other hormone that influences our levels of happiness. I think the gut produces 90% of your bodies serotonin levels. I would recheck that stat but it definitely has a huge influence on your body and mood.
I used to ferment vegetables in order to introduce a diverse group of healthy bacteria to my gut. From my understanding, when you ferment them on your own, the bacteria created are as good as the highest quality probiotics on the market.
Thanks for the reply.
Actually, there are more healthy bacteria in home fermented foods than in commercially made.
http://articles.mercola.com/fermented-foods.aspx
super dope!