that many critical to your health oscillate by the hour, day and even the
season.
The human body contains about 40 trillion bacteria, viruses and fungi,
creating a microbiome that roughly matches the number of human cells
one-to-one, said researcher Dr. Amir Zarrinpar, an assistant professor of
gastroenterology at the University of California.
His team has discovered that the microbes of the gut microbiome are
constantly changing throughout the day, and even change with the seasons,
Zarrinpar said.“
These findings offer important insights into the role of the changing
gut microbiome in health and disease,” Zarrinpar said during a media
briefing on the findings. “They can potentially explain why we are
predisposed to seasonal diseases and whether the microbiome primes us for
that. And not only that, they can influence how researchers study the
microbiome and how our research could be affected by these variations in
the microbiome.
