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The Surprising Health Benefits Of Bacteria

Long regarded as one big ewww, bacteria are finally getting their due thanks to new research that proves bugs within us have the potential to make or break our health.

One morning a few months ago, before the sun came up and my daughter started stirring in her crib, I locked myself in the bathroom with some latex gloves and two long-handled swabs. One of the swabs I rubbed all over the inside of my unbrushed, decidedly unminty mouth. The other—how can I put this elegantly?—I swiped across a sample of my poop. I stuck the swabs into separate one-inch vials filled with a salt solution, then dropped them into a FedEx envelope.

The DIY science kit I used was one…

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