Hi and welcome to the Wellness Mama podcast.

I'm Katie from WellnessMama.com.

Today I actually have several interesting facts that the day for you because I couldn't

choose just one.

They're all about bacteria and it's unusual role in our lives.

Human breast milk contains sugars that are actually intended to feed the intestinal

bacteria of the baby rather than the baby itself, which is one of the many reasons that

we are just learning to understand breast milk.

Other ways that bacteria are used in helpful ways to treat bladder cancer, one of the lesser-known

methods of treatment is practiced by doctors, is to inject weakened bovine to burculose

this bacteria into the urethra.

The subsequent immune reaction destroys the cancer cells.

This treatment has been shown to be more effective than chemotherapy.

Other ways that bacteria is helpful, earwax has anti-microbial properties that reduce the

viability of bacteria and fungus in the human ear, which I've always felt interesting

because I've noticed whenever I use Q-tips too much, it can be my ears too much, I would

often get an ear infection when I was younger.

And finally, millions of people don't actually need to use deodorant, especially people

at East Asian descent because they have a gene called A, B, C, C, 11 that stops them

from producing sweat that attracts body odor-causing bacteria.

And ironically, these are people with dry earwax, typically have this particular gene.

So as you may have guessed, we're going to be talking a lot about bacteria today because

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