Probiotics are the microorganisms that live inside of us and, well, pretty much all living animals, that help improve our lives.  They aid in the digesting of food and the absorption of nutrients and minerals.  With increased amounts of probiotics within the body, scientists have shown that the immune system also improves.

One of the items I’ve been somewhat curious about is, what other kinds of probiotics are out there or were out there?  Throughout our lives our bodies are in a constant battle between degradation and repair.  As we get older, this battle begins to turn towards degradation as some “repairs” go undone.  But, what if this didn’t have to be so?  What if there was a bacteria out there that could aid us in the “repairs.”  Something that could effectively cancel out the degradation to the point where we could extend our life expectancy well beyond what it is right now.

I don’t think it’s too far out of the question.  We’ve already seen the studies byCynthia Kenyon who discovered a gene in nematodes that when active, extended the life of the nematode by 6 fold. 6 FOLD!  For humans, that would mean living to be about 420 years old.  Living to be that old was once thought only to be a biblical story, but now modern science is showing that it could be plausible.

Admittedly, what Kenyon did was gene manipulation/mutation and not probiotics.  However, if there can be a Methuselah or Hercules gene, I think there could also have been a time when a bacteria existed that aided humans greatly.

The time for amazing scientific discoveries is upon us,

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and since Rome(….GA) is just a few miles down the road, why not do as the Romans do?

“…The boys then sliced the goat’s hide into strips, dipped them in the
sacrificial blood and took to the streets, gently slapping both women
and fields of crops with the goathide strips. Far from being fearful,
Roman women welcomed being touched with the hides because it was
believed the strips would make them more fertile in the coming year...”

Source: History Channel Website

Yeah….somehow, I can’t imagine that getting any guy very far.  In fact, I’m fairly certain that any guy that tried that nowadays would find themselves in lockup with their new valentine….Bubba.

But, as one of my friends mentioned, there comes a point in a guys life when they finally want to settle down and have a family.  Has that time come for me yet? 

There are times when I know I’d say “Yes” to that question.  But, right now, for the most part, I couldn’t honestly say “yes”.  I’ve got work and (in ~6months) law school.  At this point, I feel I’ve worked too hard to get here and trying to start a relationship or a family would or could extinguish those goals.  Sure, it’d be nice to have “a sweet little somethin’ to put my arms around,” as Joe Nichols would say, but I’ve got even larger dreams to live before then.  That’s not to say if I happen to run into “the one” that I’d turn a blind eye…in fact, I’m sure she wouldn’t take any of that shit. =)