# How changing a body's microbes leads to illness
Author: BugSpeaks
Author URL: https://www.bugspeaks.com/blog/author/bugspeaks
Published: 2017-03-06
Category: General
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Meta Title: How changing a body's microbes leads to illness
Meta Description: Claire M. Fraser, PhD, in this TED talk explains how microbes affect our lives. We are more obsessed with cleanliness than ever: we use antibacterial 
URL: https://www.bugspeaks.com/blog/how-changing-a-body-s-microbes-leads-to-illness

Claire M. Fraser, PhD, in this TED talk explains how microbes affect our lives. We are more obsessed with cleanliness than ever: we use antibacterial cleansers, we keep our children away from dirt, and we give out antibiotics with little regard for long-term effects. But in the process, we are altering our microbiota, the microbes that live on and inside us. And it's causing us to be more sick.


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