There have been some scientists who have said that the number of bacteria *do not* outnumber body cells. And that's not considering that some say things in our stomach and gut are not really *inside* us.
Are you sure the collective of bacteria in your brain isn't the one who's uncomfortable? Maybe your neural network is hijacked to such an extent that you're just partly self-aware bacteria.
I think we need to find a way to inform our microbiome that we intend to be cremated after death. That would motivate the bacteria to ensure we don’t die. Immortality achieved!
Bleh. Better to place your hope in the true salvation that is Digital Immortality. Biological Immortality is nigh impossible, even with a known "immortal" species on Earth, they still "die" in a way. They regenerate and lose their original self in the process. There's no known Biological way to preserve your "self", your consciousness. Flesh is weak. It's an inferior way of life. May a Digital soul be born and release us all from this Biology hell.
ABSOLUTELY! Many people have died from heart attacks and other things because of their bad bacteria in their mouth going to the brain… Also, Alzheimer’s dementia! The mouth is a very important part of the anatomy, and should be included in insurance!
I live in an area with a lot of poverty and it's awful to see so many people with their mouth in shambles and nothing they can do about it. I've had trivial problems in comparison that I had to wait some years to be able to fix and I can't imagine just being stuck with no hope of being able to afford care. It saps all of your confidence.
This. Dear lord this so much. I have tons of trouble with my teeth, I have “great” (compared to many Americans) health insurance, the best dental program available through my job with the state, and it’s still next to impossible to afford to have them fixed. Last time I checked, my teeth, ears, and eyes were part of my body. What’s next? Heart insurance? Finger insurance? Absurd.
We're all amalgamations of our environments. Of society and culture, of our families, of our education and our relationships. Microbiomes are just another amalgamation.
The lack of biodiversity in the ecological environment is reflected by our agricultural monoculture which is reflected by our narrowed diversity of diet which is reflected by a lack of diversity in our microbiome in our gut, mouth, brain and generally giving rise to the rise in metabolic illness in general. We are sick because the environment is sick. Ecological imbalance ===> microbial imbalance. We are not in balance with the planet and that make us sick.
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Plot twist: Consciousness was never something generated by the human brain, but by the countless bacteria. Our bodies are basically just a glorified host and mouthpiece. 😅
Years ago I started brushing my teeth within 30 min after every meal, plus when I get up, and right before bed. So yeah, I brush my teeth anywhere from 4 to 6 times per day. You'll definitely want to switch to the softest bristles you can get. That said, after 6 years of no dental visits, I finally went. The tooth fairy cleaning lady was shocked - she expected lots of plaque and such, but she said, at most, I had only the equivalent of 6 months. (oh, and of course, I had no cavities) Also, I've been, waaaay, WAAAAY, less sick since I started brushing so frequently. I've no plans to change. I highly recommend others give it a try.
"We are Legion, for we are many" It is cool to think that we each one an "individual", but yet, we are so many creatures, so many in our bodies coexisting and living, even influencing bodily processes, it boggles my mind, we are one, but many.
This is a really weird one. A healthy individual does not have bacteria or pathogens in their brain. In fact when you get a spinal tap for meningitis the first thing that I look for in the lab is bacterial infections then fungal and viruses. This is different for people that have HIV or dementia as the blood-brain barrier has been compromised.
I love how all of your recent videos have gone right down the rabbit hole! So many things I may have never heard about otherwise. Thank you kind person! 😊
I had a conversation with my dad about the fact we are basically amalgamations of random virus dna and bacteria rather than individual beings. Its.... uncomfortable.
LOL that's how I see things.. all life = cells viruses bacteria that all are relying on you to feed them lol billions of hungry tiny basterds. If they die you die vice-versa lol
Why would you think that? We have known for a long time that to be a germophobe is a guarantee of being, stupid, crazy, riddled with allergies, heart conditions, bad health, and mental health issues if kept away from the microbiological world especially fro an early age. Howard Hughes was the classic example back in the 1930s. We have known for fifty years that the more bacteria you are exposed to, the better you smell to the opposite sex. We know Forever that washing with soap and shampoo makes you stink of body odor, have skin and scalp infections, and suffer dementia and die far younger than otherwise. You have a symbiotic cololy of millions of species of nanomachines that you cannot survive without. You have been told otherwise by the Aholes that run the world, to make you sick, stupid, a slave, that will be easily controlled, and die quickly and profitably from many illnesses once they have used you to maintain their empires. Wonder in the miricke of this. You are connected to the Web of life through these bacteria, viruses and fungi. Enjoy the miracle 😉🙄
And don't brush your teeth, at least not with germlcides and titanium dioxide abrasive. Anton got that wrong🙄😂 that's a scam to kill and make you sick for profit too.
to what degree have we been individuals if we eat so many species and are kept alive by symbiosis and eg mitochondria? it's okay because, noone learns language by themselves, nor do we learn to eat all by ourselves, if anything, we're better off together. your food, your building, it's all done together!
I have a few autoimmune conditions that go into remission if I avoid sugar & processed foods. Then when I eat sugar for a celebration I always develop sugar cravings which often then causes relapses in psoriasis & arthritis.
That happens in your gut which signals to your brain and is 100 per cent true. Well done for noticing it. If you starve them they send some pretty nasty signals too but after a few days and especially if you throw some other bacteria in there like lactobalccilli they die and then stop talking to your brain. And then...things like kale start to taste sweet! And after a while if you taste a Mars bar it tastes like complete crap. But of course they will quickly come back into population if you do. And start the signals again. Green vegetables seem to shut those cravings up for me if I have green juices and eat yoghurt and saur kraut and vegetables. I actually think my whole family have been skin suites for sugar bacteria for generations.
If you study the way bacteria work with plants and understand how microbiology breaks down nutrients you might see a connection to what's happening with bacteria in bodies. Microbes break down organic matter in soil and make it into something plants can absorb. And the plants have fungi attached to them that communicate with the plant. When the plant wants a specific nutrient or mineral it tells the mycorazea fungi to find it. The fungi has roots that effectively extend the plant roots and the fungu bring the plants what they need, and the plants give the fungi sugars they make. The bacteria break down the organic matter, and some consume the waste of others. Eventually it's broken down and plants can use it, and the fungi work with some bacteria to make it all happen. So my hypothesis, which is being invented right this second, is that a similar chain of microbiology helps us, or hurts us. One thing eats another one and the eventually our bodies use it or get rid of it. I don't think we digest our food as much as the things livung in us break it down multiple times before we absorb or reject what's left. This could be happening even in our brains, a nutrient could come and be eaten several times until the brain uses it or it moves on. Specific bacteria or even fungi could be in there helping, or going wrong and hurting us.
Borrelia burgdorferi sp. have been demonstrated in Harvard Alzheimer’s brain collection. Many studies over decades have shown spirochetal colonies in brains of patients diagnosed with various forms of dementia, as well as MS. Not to mention Lyme disease. Lyme causes many neurological, neurodegenerative, and neuropsychiatric conditions. Well worth an investigation on your wonderful channel.
The way I see it, science exists to answer the question why and how. The more you figure out, the more you have to ask why and how. It's a never ending pursuit for the answers, which works by uncovering more questions. The biggest joy in science is finding out we got something wrong and getting to ask a brand new why and how. It always looks like we don't know enough, but we only know that because we've figured out just how far our current knowledge can take us.
@@Harry-cj3yu Just how, not why. Causal relations only reveal how. Why is asking for meaning, which is not a scientific endeavour. More methaphysical or religious question.
I would be interested to study differences and similarities between the bacteria in human and octopi brains. The octopus brain is so differemt (all 9 brains), and they are so intelligent that I think the effects might be more evident.
Ive been following this topic closely for a few years now. (Read "The Good Gut" -- excellent basic intro by leading researchers in the field.) Ive also discussed it with my doctor ("we still don't know enough to be prescriptive") as well as my young doctor niece and nephew ("my colleagues and I talk all the time about the gut microbiome-brain discoveries coming out!" and "the most interesting thing I learned at med school"). Ultimately, right now, your best course is to eat a well balanced diet, heavy on fruuts and veg -- with 30 different plants a week the recent gold standard. Although it seems you can never go wrong with roughage. Please keep reporting on this topic and dive deeper into the gut-brain axis.
Found the bacteria.. but its kind of like being reminded of how you are now manually aware of your breathing, it's fine when you don't think about it, but right now there's trillions of tiny bugs all over you, your eyes, lungs, ears, nose, even your brain!
It's actually difficult to discern between beneficial, harmless, and harmful. The Candida genus of fungus for example tends to outcompete other more dangerous funguses, but it can also cause disease. It's like a slight debuff that gives us immunity to other debuffs. Really complex and interconnected stuff.
The moment I found out that bacteria is the reason that the mother creates a placenta that’s the moment I realize that everything is symbiotic and sharing even when looking bad. There is no good and bad, just been blinded by that knowledge.
The point is not who does what, but why the mother thinks she has the right to impose life on other being, when she has no control over the genes she passes and on, and no one guarantees the well being of the new life.
Utterly fascinating as always. I'm getting towards the end of my life, and I plan to donate my body for scientific research (when I'm eventually obliged to return to the pavilion).
I’ve seen the way these research people manhandle corpses. If you want your brain plucked out then smacked around like a strippers booty cheeks on a Friday night so a dozen students can satisfy their morbid curiosity, then go for it. Not for me.
He likely couldn't pass a test created from facts of his own video playlist he just studies science news & posts informed videos on the same matter he aspires to teach us all to harbor a passionate interest in science
@@dbmail545 What do you mean? I would say Antons channel "requires though and effort" and all I ever see here is infantile comments and stupid one-liners and Dunning-Kruger nonsense. Same on Sabine Hossenfelders channel. Do you think Antons channel does NOT require thought and effort?
Never forget that half of the population has below average intelligence. By definition. And there's the tendency for low self awareness to be associated with low intelligence. So, it's no surprise that many people think they are contributing with their comments, even when they are not capable of understanding the subject.
Remember to leave your mouth closed when you are in the bathroom and keep the lid closed before you flush the toilett. You could otherwise take up faecali bacterias.
The largest neural network goes from the brain to the stomach. Most signals go from the stomach bacteria to the brain, not the other way around. This is said to even influence things like social behaviors.
Another day, another piece of research backing up the simple fact I should just stop ruining myself with processed rubbish and eat vegetables. I always feel so much better when I do
Well highly processed foods, and plants sprayed with too much stuff, and animal products pumped full of stuff, and seed oils/vegetable oil, and corn syrup. In theory anyway. It's really all more than a person can easily sort out. And it may be decades before we learn which thing was bad for us, and which was just alarmism (if ever). But if you feel good after certain eating habits. Not just that day (cake makes me feel good for an hour hehe), but a week later, a month later, etc. that's a great sign :)
You would feel even better if you ate carnivore, it doesn’t have lectins or poisons from plants in it! When you eat, ALL MEAT you don’t even have to take a vitamin because you get all of it in the meat…😊
I for one love the fact that we evolved with certain species of bacteria, that we are not born with, that are absolutly essential for our survival.. Also if you are a biom, instead of an "individual" then you are literally never alone. ;)
I’m reminded of that good sci-fi series with the sentient bacteria living inside people’s brains and controlling them to “go on an adventure”. Hope the bacterias living in our brains aren’t controlling us or are at least good drivers if they are. Maybe what we think of as human consciousness is actually the bacteria?
This doesn't surprise me at all, in fact there has to be at least a small microbiome in all parts of us pretty much. Not even sure why this is a surprise, people knew this stuff was going on back in the 80's when national geographic did documentaries for the public about it.
They're translator microbes. They just haven't fully evolved enough yet to actually do anything. They're quite common elsewhere in the galaxy; Farscape covers the topic fairly well. Eventually - once they've evolved enough - they'll translate all known languages into whatever language we personally understand.
I actually recall a few episodes of localized gum inflammation (around a tooth or two) that turns into a "slowly traveling headache" after few days, and then finally fades out... I have learned to mind the first signs, dope the affected spot with a liquid sold locally under the name Jox (an Iodine-based disinfectant for oral use, which I apply undiluted using a cotton swab) which suppresses the gingivitis and also seems to suppress or mitigate the headache.
When Anton mentioned that we know more about the microbiology outside our bodies than inside it really made me wonder how on Earth would that even be possible? Then I realized that anything to do with improving human health on a molecular level isn't really going to be publicly marketed like an iPhone or a Big Mac. Fascinating YT as usual.
It is not so much about brushing teeth. Almost no animal brushes their teeth, but they do chew on living organisms that balance the oral microbial diversity. Diet is what provides these and maintains the balance. Even if you chlorinate your drain, it forms biofilms. Most puddles do not produce biofilms.
I am convinced every organism lives in symbiosis. And not all beings are materialised - like thoughts, emotions, cultural patterns, ... Thus my idea is that we have been trapped in a body-soul biotope and we are animating an impressive amount of parasites. The crazy part is that most people defend their ego of biotope tooth and nail, while it is totally foreign to our essence.
lordie, this completely feeds into a pet theory i had a few years ago shortly after i discovered acupuncture; i got a bit consumed by trying to understand qi, the meridians, the whole system. i wondered (and still do) if the points and meridians could be pathways and gathering spots for essential bacteria, needles on points sending out (or calling back) the troops. are there any acufriends watching who are interested in taking this crazy theory for a ride?
Great video. I am surprised anyone thought lungs were sterile. I mean we constantly breathe air with all kinds of stuff in it. I’d love to hear if there is new research into the blood brain barrier (or maybe non barrier)
We are sovereigns of vast states of living organisms. Mostly 'Us' but a few 'them' along for the ride, some good some not so good. How many of your own cells do you know by 1st name? We usually don't listen to them much unless a lot of them get together and scream at the same time (normally the result of trauma). They are loyal to a fault and, to the best of their abilities, enforce the will of 'I'. How much society reveres the concept of 'i' when in truth it is 'We'. In our vast rush to control nature, we have also lost much of our sense that we ARE nature. 🖖😶🌫👍
So thats why i didnt die after having a thoracic surgery. I have had so many meds given and that med for tb really that i lost all bacterias and gotten skinny. It was when I kept taking probiotics and prebiotics capsules with 2billion bacterias with 32 strains...i kept taking it and my body regenerate and was able to walk from weak muscles while i also did have some chiro session twice a week for a month.
This is also heavily linked to carbohydrate in the diet which can feed bacteria. It is well known that a high carb diet can damage teeth, but this can extend to other organs too. Excessive carb in the diet leads to metabolic disorder, leaky gut, and ultimately leaky brain. As bacteria loves glucose, where better to find a food source than in the penthouse. Once the doors are open to the penthouse, then it’s party time.
A very interesting subject which is indeed very under researched. This video also reminds me that I flunked Latin in primary school. All those Latin names for different types of bacteria which I would never be able to keep straight in a million years. Thanks, Anton!
I've had this theory for a decade, about our impulses and desires and cravings all being those of the bacteria in our body and not our own human choices
I don't' want to criticize Anton, he's just a wonderful person. But anyone pronounce intestines "est" like Einstein? Probably English isn't Anton Petrov native tongue, neither mine. But I never heard someone say it like that, and I'm just curious.
Makes alot of sense since alot of research support that a healthy gut fauna is so important. If you "share" bacteria between the gut and brain the food you eat would quite literally change the way you think. Very interesting video!
Your “generational ship” remark got me thinking. I am fascinated about how multicellularity developed. By the time we came along, eukaryotes had taken over the world with very sophisticated multicellular organisms. But, if it started out as a symbiotic system, that might help explain the origins. Like, how did we end up with muscles? With nerves? Those two things seem to need to develop in tandem to be useful. I suspect the very first organ was the gut. If so, then microorganisms were with us from the beginning. It isn’t surprising that they would squeeze into every nook and cranny.
It really shouldn't be surprising that we are a living biome for so many microbes. Everything else is, so why not us too? Trees have symbiotic relationships with fungi, so do ants and basically anything you can think of... We are not seperate from that so it seems pretty obvious we should have many microbes that live along side us.
You are correct about Alzheimer's. A protein passes through the barrier and starts to disconnect neurons in the brain. We are launching a treatment in South Florida in July
hi from Montreal, love your work. I heard the same statement of you opening but referring to microbiome dna, outnumbering 100 times than ours. Read from a book on microsome and antibiotic
I'm surprised that anyone would be surprised by the idea of microbiome in the brain; surely our entire body, every organ system has microbiome, that just makes sense to me. As above, so below. Our living planet Earth has life forms in every environment on Earth.
This should not be a surprise - at all. In fact, given our history of scientific discovery, this will ultimately be yet another layer we didn't know anything about that leads to - yep - another layer of discovery we know nothing about! This will never end. How fundamentally different is this from an infinite universe? Can't have it both ways :)
Absolutely. Another life form co-exists within us. Know for a feeling fact that the 'Moi in Moi' exists as a small spot in just above the point the nose connects with the skull. Kinda like being on the control deck of the StarShip Enterprise sharing control with the Daring Devil of pointy ear fame, with roots in emotion . . . and a Guardian Angel, with roots in my gut. Both sit on my shoulders, both whisper direction suggestions as we flow through through time and place.
