The Microbiome

The what, where and how

Immune system

According to microbiome analysis and molecular research studies, microorganisms bind with immune cells to strengthen the immune system.

Diabetes

Microbiome analysis and molecular research studies related to healthcare seem to indicate that many auto-immune diseases are caused by the body’s microbiome system and immune system being out of synch.

Healthcare

Microorganisms help keep us fit and trim.
Microorganisms within the gut, in particular the large intestine, help shape or metabolic rate.

The Microbiome

According to academic papers in genetics and biology, Microbiomes, of which we have nearly 100 trillion of them and outnumber our cells by a 10 to 1 ratio, and contains the genetic material of all the bacteria fungi, protozoa, and viruses and parasites that live in our body.

And since the number of genes in the microbes of the microbiome is also 200 times what resides in the body as a whole, it’s no surprise that academic facilities in labs everywhere, pay great attention to these microbes in labs across the globe.

And you may be wondering why the amount of microbes, (over 100 trillion of them) is so extensive.

It’s because these microorganisms are essential to our health. So don’t get the impression that the vast majority of these microorganisms are alien invaders.

Not true at all. the various microorganism within our body, whether they be a virus, fungi, parasites, or bacteria, are there to help your body retain its health.

Some of the important functions that microorganisms perform

 

 

  • Microorganisms help keep us fit and trim. Microorganisms within the gut, in particular the large intestine, help shape or metabolic rate.Unfortunately, obesity is a huge problem in throughout the United States and most of the rest of the world. Over 13 percent of the entire world is obese, and in modern Western countries such as the U.S. over 1/3rd of adults are obese and another 1/3 are overweight.Just as diabetes may be resolved in the future by creating microbial yogurts, so too in the future, the dangerous practice of bariatric surgery (stomach stapling) may go by the wayside as scientific faculty in labs learn the right food cocktail to dramatically prevent people from being overweight.

 

  • Keeping babies healthy Already, scientific faculty tests have proven babies born via C section, have much more allergies and asthma than those who are born vaginally.In fact in a study written about in US News (https://www.usnews.com/science/articles/2010/06/22/babys-first-bacteria-depend-on-birth-route) babies born via C section have different microorganisms in many parts of the body.As healthcare tests advance, it may lead in the future to babies born via C section to be micro-nourished through supplementation by the birth mothers bodily fluids,art.While the research is still pending, expect advances in natal care in the future.

 

 

 

 

 

  • They perform a defensive function There are so many microorganisms within our body that they take up a lot of space, space which prevents bad pathogens from growing, or a negative virus to take root.As one microbiologist put it, it’s like having a nice lawn full of healthy grass around your home. It keeps out the weeds.

 

  • Microorganisms boost your immune system According to microbiome analysis and molecular research studies, microorganisms bind with immune cells to strengthen the immune system.In the future, some diseases may be partially treated by injecting even more microorganisms within the body.

 

  • Protect you from auto-immune diseases such as Diabetes Microbiome analysis and molecular research studies related to healthcare seem to indicate that many auto-immune diseases are caused by the body’s microbiome system and immune system being out of synch.It is predicted that one of the advancements in auto-immune diseases in the future will be the ability to dispense with insulin in the future, and instead prescribe the use of microbial yogurts.

 

 

The cutting edge of scientific research

Believe all of this Microbiome research is hoopla? Think again.

According to Seven facts and five initiatives for gut microbiome research, a major scientific article, not only are there 50,000 different microorganisms within the gut alone but overall, scientific publications concerning the microorganisms in the gut have accelerated 20 fold to nearly 10,000 publications per year.

And even if in the near term, microbiome research does not lead to out and out cures for a disease, in many cases, such as in colorectal cancer screening for example, the presence of various microorganisms can lead to a physician being significantly sure that a person has or is on the way to contracting the disease.

 

The aging process

While individual disease prevention and treatment methodologies attract the most attention, perhaps the primary benefit of microbiome research in the future may be in the field of aging.

Everyone gets old eventually, and the effects of aging are well known even to the layman. Aging affects the entire body.

However, there one of the biggest barriers to geriatric medicine is that there is not enough information about how the body exactly ages.

Research in the human biome has led to new breakthroughs of understanding how the brain and the body age, and as this research advances, gradual breakthroughs will likely develop in the future as to how aging can be slowed down or even retarded.