10% Human: How Your Body's Microbes Hold the Key to Health and Happiness

"A fascinating study of the intertwined lives of microbes and humans. . . a manual for the new, healthy way of being dirty. . . . Read it, and you will learn to love your microbiota.” — Newsweek

Evolutionary biologist and science writer Alanna Collen’s stunning alarm call concerning the widely-ignored role our gut microbes play in our health and well-being.

You are just 10% human. For every one of the cells that make up the vessel that you call your body, there are nine impostor cells hitchi...