What do the microbes in your body do?
Books
Missing Microbes: How the Overuse of Antibiotics Is Fueling Our Modern Plagues
Martin J. Blaser
Martin Blaser, a physician and microbiologist, argues that antibiotics, cesarean births and sanitizers are wiping out microbes people have carried for millennia, and links that loss to rising obesity, asthma and allergies.
10% Human: How Your Body’s Microbes Hold the Key to Health and Happiness
Alanna Collen
Alanna Collen, a biologist, explains how the microbes in our bodies affect digestion, weight, immunity and mood, and argues that many modern illnesses trace back to a damaged microbiome. Some of the links remain unproven.
Follow Your Gut: The Enormous Impact of Tiny Microbes
Rob Knight with Brendan Buhler
Rob Knight, a microbiome researcher, and Brendan Buhler give a short introduction to the microbes in and on the body, what research can already say about their effects and what it cannot yet say.
Welcome to the Microbiome: Getting to Know the Trillions of Bacteria and Other Microbes In, On, and Around You
Rob DeSalle and Susan L. Perkins
Rob DeSalle and Susan Perkins, two scientists at the American Museum of Natural History, explain how microbes and humans evolved together and how DNA sequencing revealed the communities living in and around us.
The Human Superorganism: How the Microbiome Is Revolutionizing the Pursuit of a Healthy Life
Rodney Dietert
Rodney Dietert, an immunologist, argues that each person is a superorganism of human and microbial cells, and that restoring this partnership should guide how we think about chronic disease. It is a strongly argued personal view.