Depending on who's living in your gut, you may or may not benefit from what you eat. Or be harmed. Charred red meat has long been called a carcinogen, but in fact it is only the raw material for making carcinogens. Without the gut bacteria that break it down, the raw goods are harmless. {This applies to drugs too; depending on the makeup of your gut flora, the efficacy of a drug may vary.} The science is new and extremely complex, but the bottom line is simple. Changing people's bacteria is turning out to be a more effective strategy for treatment and prevention of disease than changing their diet.
( Mary Roach )
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