The Secret Life of Your Microbiome : Why Nature and Biodiversity Are Essential to Health and Happiness / Susan L. Prescott and Alan C. Logan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prescott, Susan L., author.

Logan, Alan C., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental health--Popular works.

Environmental health.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (386 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Gabriola Island, British Columbia : New Society Publishers, [2017]

Summary:

Written with pace, clarity, and humor by world-renowned scientists in immunology, nutrition, and environmental health, The Secret Life of Your Microbiome makes the irrefutable case that our health and happiness depends on the health of our personal biodiversity and the biodiversity around us, and shows how we can nurture this nature.

Contents:

Front Cover

Praise

Title Page

Rights Page

Contents

Introduction: A Meeting of Hearts, Minds, and Microbiomes

Chapter 1: Savoring the Biosphere

Chapter 2: Surviving the Dysbiosphere

Chapter 3: Meet Your Maestro: The Immune System

Chapter 4: Biodiversity: Getting It Under Your Skin

Chapter 5: Your Microbial Orchestra

Chapter 6: Traditional Nutrition

Chapter 7: On Being a Biophilist: An Injection of Nature Relatedness

Chapter 8: Encephalobiotics Turn the Mind

Chapter 9: Biophilic Science: A Brighter Future

Chapter 10: The Concert of Life: Holistic Harmony

Chapter 11: Marlies' Recipes for The Secret Life

References

Index

About the Authors

About New Society Publishers

A Guide to Responsible Digital Reading.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Independent Publisher Book Awards ( IPPYs ) (won), 2018

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-77142-241-6

1-55092-646-2

OCLC:

989789703