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    Elisabeth Bik‏Verified account @MicrobiomDigest 16 Nov 2018

    There is an upcoming documentary series called #Interconnected about the microbiome. I bet it contains a lot of the same holistic blahblah as the previous Microbiome Summits run by Raphael Kellman. https://www.interconnectedseries.com/starting 

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      2. Elisabeth Bik‏Verified account @MicrobiomDigest 16 Nov 2018

        Surprisingly, it lists a lot of respectable microbiome scientists. It is hard to believe that they worked together with a series that claims "the source of 90% of all chronic disease: discovered". This is not true. It gives false hopes to people with chronic diseases.

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      3. Elisabeth Bik‏Verified account @MicrobiomDigest 16 Nov 2018

        Not surprisingly, this series is co-produced together with Viome, whose founder claims that he is making disease optional. If only it was so simple.

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      4. Elisabeth Bik‏Verified account @MicrobiomDigest 16 Nov 2018

        While it is true that the composition of our gut microbiome varies with a lot of diseases, we are still very far from curing those diseases. We often don't even know if the microbiome responds to the disease or if the disease is caused by an altered microbiome.

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      5. Elisabeth Bik‏Verified account @MicrobiomDigest 16 Nov 2018

        I am worried that this #Interconnected series is going to spread a lot of over-interpreted conclusions. That it will give a lot of false hope to people with chronic diseases - or cancer.

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      6. Elisabeth Bik‏Verified account @MicrobiomDigest 16 Nov 2018

        I am worried that this series is going to consist of a lot of people who want you to buy their book. Or buy their supplements. They are the ones who will walk away happy. I am worried not a single person is going to be cured by this series.

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      7. Elisabeth Bik‏Verified account @MicrobiomDigest 16 Nov 2018

        I am worried that a lot of scientists, who do honest research - which is painstakingly slow - do not realize they have given their name to a documentary that might be full of quackery. Based on these titles there will be snake oil and woo.

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      8. Elisabeth Bik‏Verified account @MicrobiomDigest 16 Nov 2018

        Statements such as these suggest there will be lots of snake oil and woo. "how to harness the trillions of bacteria in your body to help resolve diabetes, heart disease, auto-immune disease, depression, dementia, and maybe even cancer".

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      9. Elisabeth Bik‏Verified account @MicrobiomDigest 16 Nov 2018

        Sure, some forms of T2 Diabetes can be cured by losing weight and eating more healthy. But we cannot yet cure dementia and auto-immune diseases (such as MS) with the microbiome. We might do one day, but not yet today.

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      10. Elisabeth Bik‏Verified account @MicrobiomDigest 16 Nov 2018

        This new #Interconnected documentary series smells a lot like the Microbiome Medicine Summits I tweeted about in the previous years. The ones that recommended that you give a baby an enema to cure autism.

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      11. Elisabeth Bik‏Verified account @MicrobiomDigest 16 Nov 2018

        See my critical stance on those previous documentary series here: https://microbiomedigest.com/2017/05/20/microbiome-medicine-summit-2017/comment-page-1/ … and here:https://www.forbes.com/sites/kavinsenapathy/2016/03/07/keep-calm-and-avoid-microbiome-mayhem/#77a2a12311c2 …

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