If this will kill all bacteria and viruses, it would certainly also destroy the beneficial bacteria that forms our microbiome and that could have negative health effects in the long run. Has any research been done to check on this?
I could be mistaken but I think your micro biome mostly doesn’t depend on external input in the form of microbes.
Rather, you have microbes, and these depend on external input in the form of nutrients.
There are exceptions such as yogurt and sauerkraut etc. but those are kept in a fridge and would not be exposed to far uvc most of the time. It would be interesting to know how they are affected during meals.
Skin micro biome might be more affected. I could not find much information on this point.
Those are some insanely cheap prices for 1.5GB a day! I pay $40 for 1GB a month here in the United States. How is this even possible? Are the service providers here really taking in such a fat margin?
Speaking for Pakistan with somewhat higher rates, I think there are a couple of reasons.
1. Actual competition between providers, rather than implicit collusion.
2. Much higher population density across most of the country.
3. Interestingly, lack of rule of law, which means the whole subscribe-to-a-cell-phone-package that is actually out of your budget but the only option available doesn't work here. People will just run away with the phone. A vast majority of people buy a phone separately and pay upfront for it, and choose a connection provider of their choice. And jump providers whenever they see someone with a better price.
Couldn't agree more. Inspite of being a hardcore meat-eater, I often enjoy authentic vegan food because of the actual plant based ingredients such as beans, beatroot and corn. The flavors come together quite nicely in an old school veggie bean patty. The trend with impossible meats disappoints me.
Did you know that languages even within different states in India can be vastly more different than the differences between French and German, all with a different script and all? Yes, India is probably more diverse all on it's own, compared to all of EU perhaps.
But there is no political union between India, Bangladesh, where as EU is every day becoming a multinational super state, than a collection of independent sovereign nations.
I wonder if the results of this study indirectly also supports this previous study linking oral cancers and oral cavities, proving that higher number of cavities results in reduced cancer risk: https://www.webmd.com/oral-health/news/20130912/tooth-caviti...
This could be 'the' groundbreaking medical discovery of our century, if proven to work. I think I read some stats recently about how most people in the near future will not die of sudden conditions like heart failure etc but rather die due to slow killers like cancer (I will try to corroborate the reference here if I find it) and this may have a huge impact on humanity.
I beg to differ as if we were to judge purely based on this logic China and India would have probably also been at the top of the curve, which is not really true. Both of these countries greatly value family and it's quite typical for people to stay with their parents well into 30's and beyond.
What logic? I didn't say it's related to life expectancy, just that it'd a curious random fact about those two countries at the top. It might be related, or not, but I cannot say either way.
In fact, it would surprise me greatly if there was a single culture trait linked to life expectancy, instead I'd expect it to be a combination of vastly different things that make us get to the top.
Oh cmon, while I think my statement is relevant I cannot tell whether it's (co)related or not. Those are very different topics and you are mixing them up together.
Life expectancy will definitely be a multi-variate equation. I don't know how much the family play the role. But, India and China with nourishment, clean drinking water, basic sanitation, pollution etc as other variables do not negate it.
It's becoming a bit hard to keep track of organic possibilities outside of earth. Every day brings new discoveries. I wonder if most might ignore a significant one some day.
