lousyd@lemmy.sdf.org to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 5 days agoI'd have to hear her argument, but...lemmy.sdf.orgimagemessage-square144fedilinkarrow-up11.25Karrow-down130
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minus-squareAVincentInSpace@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·4 days agoE. Coli reproduces so fast that a population can double in size in half an hour, and human feces is 50% bacteria by weight. If your gut microbiome got snapped it’d be back so fast you wouldn’t even notice. Bacteria are kinda scary.
minus-squarerepungnant_canary@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 days agoWait, do you have a source for the 50% number?
minus-squareAVincentInSpace@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-23 days agoMy bad – looks like I misread the Google summary. A healthy turd is 75% water, and of what’s left, around 25-50% is made up of microbes.
minus-squareFlocklesscrow@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoThe second most significant ingredient after water is bacterial biomass — both alive and dead organisms; this makes up 25–54 percent of the dry weight of poop. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/324254#:~:text=The second most significant ingredient,walls of the gastrointestinal tract.
minus-squareDillyDaily@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·4 days agoYeah, worst case scenario stock prices for probiotic yoghurt would increase.
minus-squareKnowledgeableNip@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 days agoLooks like Jamie Lee Curtis is joining the MCU.
E. Coli reproduces so fast that a population can double in size in half an hour, and human feces is 50% bacteria by weight.
If your gut microbiome got snapped it’d be back so fast you wouldn’t even notice. Bacteria are kinda scary.
Wait, do you have a source for the 50% number?
My bad – looks like I misread the Google summary. A healthy turd is 75% water, and of what’s left, around 25-50% is made up of microbes.
The second most significant ingredient after water is bacterial biomass — both alive and dead organisms; this makes up 25–54 percent of the dry weight of poop.
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/324254#:~:text=The second most significant ingredient,walls of the gastrointestinal tract.
Yeah, worst case scenario stock prices for probiotic yoghurt would increase.
Looks like Jamie Lee Curtis is joining the MCU.
Not a bad thing?