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Mac Elite
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Jan 26, 2005, 09:15 PM
 
"1000 grams. The mass of bacteria currently living in your gut. You will defecate your own weight in bacteria every year and play host to some 500 different species in your intestine."

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Jan 26, 2005, 09:23 PM
 
Wow! I hope that includes the intestines, because I don't think I have that much in my stomach. (for the metrically challenged, that's 2.2 lbs)
     
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Jan 26, 2005, 10:16 PM
 
Wow, No wonder I've felt bloated lately.
     
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Jan 26, 2005, 10:30 PM
 
i gotta use the bathroom. need to clear some of that out.
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Jan 26, 2005, 11:09 PM
 
and if you kill it all off you have lots of problems. not just the runs, maybe even stomach cancer down the road. see this month's sciam issue.
     
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Jan 26, 2005, 11:51 PM
 
bacteria are our friends!

::eats off the floor::
     
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Jan 26, 2005, 11:58 PM
 
Originally posted by Cubeoid:
bacteria are our friends!
Escherichia coli is my homeboy.
     
   
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