Andrew Huberman· PhD
But that is during the birth process and in the days and weeks immediately after they arrive in the world that their gut microbiome is established, that those gut microbiota take residence within the gut.
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But that is during the birth process and in the days and weeks immediately after they arrive in the world that their gut microbiome is established, that those gut microbiota take residence within the gut.
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So an example is whether an infant is born by C-section or born vaginally. We know from beautiful work that's been done in the field that infants that are born by C-section actually have a gut microbiota that looks more like human skin than it does like either the birth canal, the vagina microbiota, or the mother's stool microbiota.
And so the best studies that have been done have just looked at pets in the household as a factor, and whether that changes the group of infants that have a pet to look slightly different than the group of infants that don't have a pet.
environmental exposure to soil, dirt, pet dander