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# 10% Human: How Your Body's Microbes Hold the Key to Health and Happiness

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Review: Plenty Here to Sink Your Mind Into - I've read a couple books now on the human biome, and this book is by far the best one of the lot, particularly for a lay reader such as myself. Alanna Collen is a science writer with a PhD in evolutionary biology. That has given her the rare gift of fully understanding and knowing the science and at the same time being able to explain it to the nonscientist. The material in each chapter is backed up by plenty of peer-reviewed scientific papers. There is no pseudo-science or hype here. The facts are presented as accurately as can be. There is plenty here to sink your mind into, assuming of course that you have control over your own mind. As Ms. Collen shows in the book, however, there is evidence that our gut biome influences our minds and our actions. It's compelling information. And that's just one small part of what is in the book. There's the question of obesity being caused by the microbes in our gut. There's the point made about not only how we were born but also whether or not we were breast fed influencing our lives because of the microbes that we may or may not have gotten in the first few months of our lives. And of course, there's much much more. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in learning about their human biome. It covers the subject well in layman terms while at the same time, it never talks down to the reader. This book is very well done and the author did an excellent job in putting it together.
Review: This Book Taught Me SO Much - Absolutely BRILLIANT Read - I couldn't stop reading this book. I can't say that a book has changed my life very often, but this one did. It made me think of things I've never even considered, and opened my eyes to a world inside of myself I never knew existed. When I read that microbes play such an amazing role in our bodies that they should be classified as an organ - well, that was ground-breaking stuff. Each chapter brought a new revelation, covering everything from how we are brought into the world to how antibiotics can wipe out our microbes as bad as a tsunami can wipe out a coral reef - and once they are wiped out, the body can go downhill very quickly - no matter how many probiotics we ingest thinking we'll re-populate our microbes. It simply won't happen because they only give us the garden variety microbes, not the ones that are uniquely 'US' and have taken us a lifetime to develop. The question "Why did God put the 'playground' next to the 'sewer' in our bodies" was answered - it's all about childbirth and populating our newborns with important microbes. Wow... what a revelation! I bought 2 more copies of this book and sent them to my son and his wife who just had a baby, and to my daughter-in-law's' mother so they could also learn the things I learned from this book. Autism, allergies, chronic tummy troubles, and so much more are all addressed in this amazing book. This book is written in simple, every day words that anyone can understand. Stick with the book, it gets better with every chapter. I feel like my eyes have been opened to the miracle that is living inside my body. Thank you Alanna Collen!

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #210,168 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #46 in Food Allergies (Books) #77 in Scientific Reference #337 in Anatomy (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (308) |
| Dimensions  | 5.31 x 0.82 x 8 inches |
| Edition  | Reprint |
| ISBN-10  | 0062345990 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0062345998 |
| Item Weight  | 9.6 ounces |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 352 pages |
| Publication date  | May 10, 2016 |
| Publisher  | Harper Paperbacks |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Plenty Here to Sink Your Mind Into
*by J***M on April 14, 2017*

I've read a couple books now on the human biome, and this book is by far the best one of the lot, particularly for a lay reader such as myself. Alanna Collen is a science writer with a PhD in evolutionary biology. That has given her the rare gift of fully understanding and knowing the science and at the same time being able to explain it to the nonscientist. The material in each chapter is backed up by plenty of peer-reviewed scientific papers. There is no pseudo-science or hype here. The facts are presented as accurately as can be. There is plenty here to sink your mind into, assuming of course that you have control over your own mind. As Ms. Collen shows in the book, however, there is evidence that our gut biome influences our minds and our actions. It's compelling information. And that's just one small part of what is in the book. There's the question of obesity being caused by the microbes in our gut. There's the point made about not only how we were born but also whether or not we were breast fed influencing our lives because of the microbes that we may or may not have gotten in the first few months of our lives. And of course, there's much much more. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in learning about their human biome. It covers the subject well in layman terms while at the same time, it never talks down to the reader. This book is very well done and the author did an excellent job in putting it together.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This Book Taught Me SO Much - Absolutely BRILLIANT Read
*by S***E on March 7, 2018*

I couldn't stop reading this book. I can't say that a book has changed my life very often, but this one did. It made me think of things I've never even considered, and opened my eyes to a world inside of myself I never knew existed. When I read that microbes play such an amazing role in our bodies that they should be classified as an organ - well, that was ground-breaking stuff. Each chapter brought a new revelation, covering everything from how we are brought into the world to how antibiotics can wipe out our microbes as bad as a tsunami can wipe out a coral reef - and once they are wiped out, the body can go downhill very quickly - no matter how many probiotics we ingest thinking we'll re-populate our microbes. It simply won't happen because they only give us the garden variety microbes, not the ones that are uniquely 'US' and have taken us a lifetime to develop. The question "Why did God put the 'playground' next to the 'sewer' in our bodies" was answered - it's all about childbirth and populating our newborns with important microbes. Wow... what a revelation! I bought 2 more copies of this book and sent them to my son and his wife who just had a baby, and to my daughter-in-law's' mother so they could also learn the things I learned from this book. Autism, allergies, chronic tummy troubles, and so much more are all addressed in this amazing book. This book is written in simple, every day words that anyone can understand. Stick with the book, it gets better with every chapter. I feel like my eyes have been opened to the miracle that is living inside my body. Thank you Alanna Collen!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Everyone should know this about our bodies.
*by K***N on March 19, 2025*

Read this 3 times. Excellent read, with excellent content and great research to back it all up. I have bought several copies to share with others and recommend it dozens of times.

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