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• If you count all the cells of the human body, 47% have human DNA, and 53% do not have human DNA. Over a trillion cells of nearly 4,000 species, each with unique non-human DNA, have been identified as likely to be metabolically active, meaning they play a role in nutrition and health.
• "Generally recognized as safe," or GRAS substances, are considered safe for human consumption by the United States Food and Drug Administration. However, GRAS substances are ONLY tested for safety against human cells. Before adding something to food, the standard must become whether it is proven safe to you AND your microbiome, rather than the current standard of not yet proven harmful to human cells.
• Scientists are just now discovering that microbes either outright manufacture critical molecules that run the human body or make the building blocks of these molecules. These include the neurotransmitters that operate the brain and nervous system, such as serotonin and dopamine, which allow us to sleep, move effortlessly, and feel great.
• When the healthy microbe ecosystems in the human bioreactor are out of balance, and critical molecules are no longer made, that’s called dysbiosis. Dysbiosis is a major element of metabolic syndrome, obesity, and metabolic disease.

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