lousyd@lemmy.sdf.org to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 29 days agoI'd have to hear her argument, but...lemmy.sdf.orgimagemessage-square136fedilinkarrow-up11.07Karrow-down124
arrow-up11.05Karrow-down1imageI'd have to hear her argument, but...lemmy.sdf.orglousyd@lemmy.sdf.org to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 29 days agomessage-square136fedilink
minus-squareAVincentInSpace@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·28 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-squareDillyDaily@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·28 days agoYeah, worst case scenario stock prices for probiotic yoghurt would increase.
minus-squarerepungnant_canary@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·28 days agoWait, do you have a source for the 50% number?
minus-squareFlocklesscrowlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·28 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-squareAVincentInSpace@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-228 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.
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.
Yeah, worst case scenario stock prices for probiotic yoghurt would increase.
Wait, do you have a source for the 50% number?
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.
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.