Why does a Microbiome Matter to me?

Microbiomes, a more recent discovery in scientific research, are showing us the importance of microbes in our body systems. Microbes are those things you may think are pesky such as parasites, fungus, bacteria and viruses. A microbiome refers to the landscape balance between microbes on the inside lining of various body systems (neighborhoods); ocular, oral, gastrointestinal, urogenital, respiratory and skin. Picture it’s like a neighborhood and you want all your neighbors to live in peace and harmony. Imagine if you suffer from or have compromises in any of these body systems and what it might mean to you if science actually could now explain a long term immune support deficiency in allowing your body’s own innate wisdom to address imbalances.

The microbes live in the body surfaces or environments mentioned above. But, we should actually like these. They can help balance our body systems. But so many chemicals, anti-bacterial etc. attacks on these critters have caused them to turn unfriendly. This can lead to an imbalance in our immune system which allows dis-ease or disharmony to affect our body. That is why chemical free products (like Thieves Household Cleaner) are so important for cleaning etc.

The microbiome plays a powerful role in our health. Each person has a unique microbiome that is impacted by your own environment whether physical or emotional. The microbiome communicates with the cells in their neighborhood. This could be between immune system cells, endocrine cells, nervous system cells etc. This neighborhood talk then gets communicated to the brain. This is when brain function and emotions can get majorly impacted. The microbes also talk amongst themselves.

Healthy microbiomes help our immune systems be strong. They help to make friendly microbes to help fight threats. It is these that help lower reactions such as allergies and intolerances that could lead to inflammation. Where there is inflammation in the body, there is pain. These good guys support the immune system to help keep the bad bugs away.

So what does this mean to you? If you have chronic or acute illness with the various body systems mentioned above as microbiome categories, there is a good chance that you would benefit from having your microbiome balance evaluated. The good news is that you have the opportunity to support your immune system with this new found scientific research.

Find out how BodyTalk can help you strengthen and balance these microbiomes so you can live more in harmony with the critters designed to have a mutually beneficial relationship.

On November 21st, 2016 by Lynn Morales

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What in the World is a Microbiome?

Your Key to a Strong Immune System

Want to address in your own body the latest in scientific research? Then you should be very interested in what a microbiome means to you. A lot of the information on these has come out in the last several years. In 2012, the Human Microbiome Project served to tell us that our relationship with microbes is much more symbiotic than originally thought.

What is a microbe you ask? Oh, you’ve heard of them; viruses, bacteria, parasites and fungus. All the things that can have a huge impact on your immune system and how you are able to support it. The Project taught scientists that these bugs or critters are actually very helpful to us and in fact outnumber us 10:1 and reproduce about a million times more efficiently than we do.

The discovery of microbiomes has found that we have one for the skin, the gastrointestinal tract (including oral), the eyes, the respiratory system and the urogenital tracts. The microbiome is the inner lining of these locations in the body where the outside world hits the inside world. Let me explain. Imagine the air you breathe. Any number of “things” or microbes could be in that air at a given time. Now imagine that air coming into your body through the nose or mouth and then down into the rest of the respiratory system. Every part of the lining on the inside of your respiratory system that the outside air is now interacting with in the respiratory tract is what we are referring to as the microbiome. That balance between how your internal good critters are able to live in harmony with what the outside air has delivered is your body ecology and you hope for balance.

So what does this mean to you? Well, re-read the different types of microbiomes. If you have chronic or acute illness with the various body systems mentioned above as microbiome categories, there is a good chance that you would benefit from having your microbiome balance evaluated. The good news is that you have the opportunity to support your immune system with this new found scientific research.