Transplanting culture

I was watching a documentary a while back about gut health. In it a woman was making home-made “fecal transplants” (Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT)). The idea behind FMTs are that you can kick start or change your gut’s system by acquiring the outputs of another. It’s as odd as it sounds. There’s some evidence that it can help in some cases, particularly some stubborn infections. Cultural…