Weight Loss Thread

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The idea of bacteria and weird shit in my colon/intenstines always grossed and weirded me out.
 
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Tuco_sl said:
The idea of bacteria and weird shit in my colon/intenstines always grossed and weirded me out.
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Oh, it's worse than just your gut. The cells in your body that are "human" (i.e. have your DNA) are FAR outnumbered by "foreign" organisms, by as much as 10x. You are a walking rain-forest as far as microorganisms are concerned.
 
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Denaut_sl said:
Oh, it's worse than just your gut. The cells in your body that are "human" (i.e. have your DNA) are FAR outnumbered by "foreign" organisms, by as much as 10x. You are a walking rain-forest as far as microorganisms are concerned.
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What do you mean? Surely in terms of mass most organisms in my body are human!
 
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Deathwing_sl said:
Mitochondria are the classical example. I don't know of any others(not saying there aren't any).
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No, not even like that. I mean actual whole cells.

The human body has about 10 trillion human cells, and we have about 100 trillion nonhuman organisms, mostly bacteria but some fungi and virii living all over and inside of us.
 
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Denaut_sl said:
Heh, not even a little. Go on a Google hunt.
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NIH Human Microbiome Project defines normal bacterial makeup of the body
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The human body contains trillions of microorganisms - outnumbering human cells by 10 to 1. Because of their small size, however, microorganisms make up only about 1 to 3 percent of the body's mass (in a 200-pound adult, that's 2 to 6 pounds of bacteria), but play a vital role in human health.
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Nice find, I thought it was more than that by mass, but it makes sense that it isn't. Human cells are pretty large.
 
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Yeah except posting links for to proven credible sources and authorities along with results to back up my argument, all I get in reply is bullshit fabricated reasons to doubt their credibility. eg "HE JUST WANTS TO INCREASE HIS NOTORIETY!"!!! or "LOLZ STEROIDS"

I'm also pretty sure that I'm the only one to have posted here that's actually you know, lost some weight
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I've lost a fair amount of weight, 40lbs from my heaviest, 230 to 190, plus I have used this thread for dieting tips as well as some basic physical fitness tips... and I've posted pics.
 
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Antarius_sl said:
I've lost a fair amount of weight, 40lbs from my heaviest, 230 to 190, plus I have used this thread for dieting tips as well as some basic physical fitness tips... and I've posted pics.
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It was a general dig at the keyboard warriors that make up the majority of this thread and tear apart everything that doesn't conform with their ideals.

And thank you Tarrant for the troll attempt.
 
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Troll attempt?

At any rate, you're welcome to post in here again, just keep it calm this time around.

Thank you.
 
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