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Why You Should Trust Your “GUT FEELING” - Importance & Awesomeness of Bacteria - FutureIQ

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  1. Nitrogen Fixation mechanism

    Most life cannot use nitrogen until bacteria convert it into biologically usable forms. These microbes are therefore a gateway between an abundant environmental resource and the plants, animals, and humans that depend on it.

  2. Microbiome domain

    You are not a solitary organism but a host ecosystem: a distinctive community of microbial species whose composition and diversity help define how that ecosystem functions.

  3. Gut-Brain Axis mechanism

    The gut is not merely a digestive compartment: its bacteria participate in biochemical communication that can influence the brain and body, including mood, sleep, metabolism, immunity, and inflammation.

  4. Antibiotic Stewardship principle

    Antibiotics are ecosystem interventions: they can eliminate dangerous bacteria while also removing beneficial organisms. Stewardship means weighing that collateral disruption alongside the immediate need to treat infection.

  5. Ecosystem Services principle

    Organisms dismissed as pests or threats can be load-bearing infrastructure. Their value often lies in quiet processes—recycling matter, transforming resources, and sustaining physical cycles—that become visible only when disrupted.

  6. Endosymbiotic Theory mechanism

    Complex life can gain new capabilities by internalizing another organism and retaining it as a permanent functional subsystem. Mitochondria exemplify this transition from independent bacterium to cellular power source.

  7. Short-Chain Fatty Acids mechanism

    Gut bacteria convert fiber into short-chain fatty acids that enter the bloodstream, turning digestion into a signaling pathway capable of affecting behavior and body processes.

  8. Dysbiosis mechanism

    Dysbiosis is a shift in a host’s microbial community that can alter physiology without any change in the host’s genes. The microbiome is therefore a biological variable, not merely a passenger.

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Bacteria are way cooler than you can imagine them to be. You are composed of trillions of them and they work in coordination with your body to keep you alive. Without bacteria, a lot of things will break down, causing chaos in your body and in a world that is heavily dependent on microscopic creatures for survival. Let's take our time to appreciate the awesome nature of bacteria and the brilliant scientific discoveries that may allow us to take advantage of these for various treatments and climate change. Hope you enjoyed FutureIQ by Navin Kabra and Shrikant Joshi. Do hit us up on Twitter: @ngkabra http://twitter.com/ngkabra @shrikant https://twitter.com/shrikant Listen it on the podcast provider of your choice: https://tapthe.link/FutureIQRSS Watch other episodes of The FutureIQ podcast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAppTB0r5_TaYueZ0adD42Wiw5X-wTE4v More videos for you: Aryan migration theory: https://youtu.be/9AxXwYGgWK4 Theory of evolution: https://youtu.be/-tDvXOatH_s Sources: Gut microbe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gut_microbiota Gut-brain axis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gut%E2%80%93brain_axis Composition of feces: https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/00222615-13-1-45 Skin microbiome: https://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/skin-microbiome Antibiotics: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369527419300190 Bacteria and autism: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5264285/ Bacteria causing hangovers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto-brewery_syndrome Bacteria preventing hangovers: https://zbiotics.com/ Bacteria preventing cavities: https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/defying-cavity-lantern-bioworks-faq Bacteria into storage disk: https://www.nature.com/articles/nature23017 Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 01:00 The goodness of bacteria 03:13 Life & bacteria 04:40 Mitochondria & eve gene 07:30 Gut bacteria 09:14 Bacteria deciding your mood 12:00 Detoxification gut bacteria health 15:30 Fecal transplants 19:30 Bacteria on skin 20:30 Climate change and other implications #futureiq #bacteria #goodbacteria

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