Human Horganism Book Report

The topic of the book The Human SuperOrganism , by Rodney Dietert, was about your immune system and how it can and is benefited by microbiomes. It talked about how your immune system is faulty like allergies for example that's your immune system going haywire. It also stated major health problems that can be prevented or fixed by microbiomes. It explained what a microbiome it’s the grouping of bacteria in a certain place on your body like your foot has a different biome than your stomach. These opinions and statement were backed up by thousands of research papers, labs, and even his own work. Like at the third act of the book he backs up the four statements with 50 pages of info each.When he talked about certain topics it made sense and he sounded …show more content…
Which I don’t think is true there's going to be some man made medicine. But his other logic seems pretty good like exposing your child to more pathogens at a young ages increases their chance having a good microbiome. Also tuning in to your microbiome with man made medicine and the bacteria would make for very good medicine good enough to get rid of cancer in a patient. Plus, he talks about how our medicine today is making the viruses and bacteria stronger which lead to stronger medicine than stronger bugs. Plus, non communicable diseases can be dealt with easier with the use of the method. I learned about how the immune system works in a little bit more detail and in a different light. Plus, I learned about a new medicine thats a very real thing that myself or kids maybe using in the future. It changed my perspective on our immune system it's really great but it can easily kill you if you could some how harness an enemies immune system you could easily kill them. Which in my mind is unsettling but also it saves your life every day. Also it means I can blame my allergies on my parents in a