Andrew Huberman· PhD
So that means intranasal, intravaginal, intraurethral in males and females, there's an anal microbiome. There's a microbiome on your skin, on your eyes.
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
So that means intranasal, intravaginal, intraurethral in males and females, there's an anal microbiome. There's a microbiome on your skin, on your eyes.
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Now, just to be really clear, it's not just about the gut microbiome. We actually have a microbiome in our eyes, we have one that's specific to our mouth, we have a nasal-specific microbiome. There's one all along the gut and the species of microbiota that live all along the digestive tract differ from the mouth, to the throat, to the stomach, intestines, into the rectum.