Article on fish and gut microbes

[mchambers]

http://www.nature.com/news/young-poo-makes-aged-fish-live-longer-1.21770

In short, if you feed old fish the poo from younger fish, the old fish live longer. Interesting finding, although I have no idea how to incorporate it into my fish keeping practices l

 

[JLW]

Matt, I wonder if this would work for humans, too. Now that you're retired, you need more hobbies. . . . .

 

[mchambers]

There actually are folks trying this, Josh, as you can see from the articles I've linked below. I'm focusing on other methods of improving my microbiome. Thanks for the suggestion, however.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ke-you-thin-seriously/?utm_term=.194e18ff2413

http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2012/10/what-is-fecal-transplant-difficile-bacteria

https://www.wired.com/2016/11/microbiome-therapy-making-fecal-transplants-better/