You're listening to Bulletproof Radio with Dave Asprey.

Today's cool fact of the day is that human skin bacteria have cancer-fighting powers.

Certain skin-dwelling microbes might actually be anti-cancer, or call them superheroes,

that can stop uncontrolled cell growth.

This is a surprise discovery that might lead to probiotics for your skin that can maybe

prevent skin cancer.

This bacterial compound stops DNA formation, and mice that were covered with staphlococcus

epidermis, which makes this compound develop fewer tumors after exposure to UV radiation

compared to those that had a different kind of bacteria.

These findings highlight the potential of the microbiome to influence human disease according

to the researchers who did this.

This is becoming more and more interesting.

We know that our cells are run by ancient bacteria called mitochondria.

We know our guts are full of all sorts of different species.

We know that the cells, well, the subcellular components that our ancient bacteria talk

to the microbes in our gut, they probably talk to the microbes in your skin, and it's

becoming more and more interesting as we develop the tools to do this.

This means covering yourself in antimicrobial stuff might just be a bad idea.

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