The Whole-Body Microbiome Quotes

“One can imagine a future where you might biobank microbes from your youthful skin in a tube in a freezer, which would become part of your retirement package to boost skin appearance and overall health later in life. This personal biobank could also be useful if you were diagnosed with cancer and needed a bone marrow transplant, or if you suddenly got a C. difficile infection and needed to boost your microbiome at a critical time. We might also see the application of younger persons’ microbes into commercially available products to cultivate the healthful effects of vigorous youthful microbes later in life.”
― B. Brett Finlay, The Whole-Body Microbiome: How to Harness Microbes—Inside and Out—for Lifelong Health

“dementia. The most startling statistic is that individuals who do not brush their teeth daily have a 22 to 65 percent greater risk of developing dementia than those who brush their teeth three times a day!”
― B. Brett Finlay, The Whole-Body Microbiome: How to Harness Microbes—Inside and Out—for Lifelong Health