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Re:Modern city dwellers have lost about half their gut microbes by zdragnar on Thursday June 30, 2022 @05:27PM (#31938850)
Well, it's either a pill, or moving out of the city, or a fecal transplant (assuming that the urban / rural divide is relevant, and not just a proxy for diet).

I don't live in the city, but if I were told that I would be healthier with more of these microbes that my environment doesn't support, I'd opt for the pill.

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Re:Modern city dwellers have lost about half their gut microbes by jgrantx on Thursday June 30, 2022 @05:39PM (#31938975)
Doing nothing is also an option! I'm not aware of an indigestion epidemic among city dwellers.

Being told to do something is not sufficient, especially when multi-billion dollar industries are behind it.

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Re:Modern city dwellers have lost about half their gut microbes by bawolff on Thursday June 30, 2022 @05:46PM (#31939053)
More research is needed.

However there is an obseity epidemic and a depression epidemic, and its plausible they are related. Which doesn't mean they are, but seems like something worth looking into.

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Re:Modern city dwellers have lost about half their gut microbes by dannyperson on Thursday June 30, 2022 @06:35PM (#31939577)
The study compares humans (who happen to live in cities) to primates (who definitely don't live in cities). It doesn't compare between human populations.
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Re:Modern city dwellers have lost about half their gut microbes by zdragnar on Thursday June 30, 2022 @07:09PM (#31939873)
The content I replied to implied that the article was a submarine advertisement for pills.

If there is a problem in need of a solution, and it isn't diet related, I'd much prefer the pill over there other options.

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