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Riddled with Life

"Parasites have made us what we are." is a direct quote from Marlene Zuk, author of "Riddled With Life". Zuk,a professor of biology at the University of California, Riverside, was able to present disease and it's causitive germs, worms, viruses, bacteria, amoebas, fleas, ticks, molds, spores and dung in a pallate as lush and "tropical" as Gaughin's Tahiti. Marlene's style is informative and wry in the extreme, i.e. In discussing the importance of selective dung eating as determining colorization of vultures, Zuk bitingly asks, " What should we name this hue--putrifying pink?" Marlene presents some myth breaking facts such as: 1) Households that regularly use antibacterial products have as many colds and flu as those who don't use any, 2) early exposure to germs actually helps to protect us from food allergies and asthma.

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