Our Remarkable Microbiome.
Our bodies provide a home for an estimated 100 trillion microorganisms. They live around us and on us and inside of us. Most live in our gut. We actually call those colonies of microbes our “gut microbiome."
New discoveries about the importance of a healthy gut microbiome have exploded in recent years. It seems that the billions of “good” (probiotic) organisms living in our system have a far greater impact on our health than we ever imagined.
It may sound dramatic but the health of your gut is life or death to you. Hippocrates said it this way, “all disease begins in the gut.” He was right but didn’t have science to back up his belief. Now, an explosion of chronic disease in our modern world has resulted in studies that show he was correct—2500 years ago!
After years of overusing antibiotics during the 80’s and 90’s, most doctors became aware that all those prescriptions were harming the microbiome of children. Ultimately, many of those children ended up on a merry-go-round of reoccurring infection and more antibiotic use. As those children now approach middle age, many are dealing with the start of autoimmune diseases, obesity, chronic pain, memory problems, bloating, food allergies and more.
Since that eye opening time, thousands of studies have been done on the microbiome. Many of these findings have stunned the scientific world.
It is estimated that as many as 30,000 different species of microbes live in the gut. We now know that staying well depends on keeping these gut bugs healthy and in balance with each other. It would be impossible to list all the essential functions they perform, but would like to mention a few. Of course, they help breakdown our food, but many also synthesize nutrients we need, bind wastes for elimination, perform immune system functions and actually help our human cells communicate with one another—sort of directing traffic you might say.
A healthy gut microbiome contributes not only to good digestion but to healthy brain and heart, improved sleep and energy levels, immune system function, and even our moods, mental health and behavior.
Can health be restored by changing our gut microbiome? Some very interesting studies done on mice are pointing research in a highly promising direction. In one study, researchers took gut microbes from diabetic mice and transferred them to healthy mice. What happened? The healthy mice got diabetes.
In a similar experiment, microbes from overweight mice were injected into skinny mice. Guess what happened? You guessed it, the skinny mice got fat! The reverse was also true, microbes from skinny mice injected into fat mice caused weight loss in the fat mice. Even though both groups were being fed the same amount of food!
Other research is using the same procedures to see how changing the microbiome effects things like depression, anxiety, autism and more.
Unfortunately, our gut microbiome has quite literally been under attack. Overuse of antibiotics wipes out those good bacteria as do many of the chemicals sprayed on our foods. The herbicide glyphosate is almost unavoidable in our food and water supply and destroys gut microbes. Our modern diet lacks the fiber and other natural foods that feed those “gut bugs.” The gut microbiome can even be harmed when we are under too much stress or don’t sleep well. A recent Fox News Survey showed that 74% of Americans suffer from digestive problems.
The good news? Yes, the gut microbiome can be fixed!
A 2018 study published in the World Journal of Gastroenterology concluded that taking Humic Acid increased the number of those good bacteria in the digestive tract. In fact, their results indicated that some colonies of existing probiotic bacteria increased over 10% in just 30 days on humic acid!
Where do you start to protect and rebuild a healthy gut microbiome?
Take Fulvic and Humic Minerals. Kick start the rebuilding of your microbiome by taking Fulvic and Humic acid from Enrich Health to protect, feed and get those essential microbes thriving again--fast!
Eat Well. Gut bugs thrive on leafy greens, cruciferous veggies like cabbage, cauliflower, and broccoli. Feed them fermented foods like sauerkraut, kimchee, and yoghurt. Skip the processed foods and sugar laden snacks.
Get Outside. Get out of your sterilized environment into nature where a healthy microbiome is all around. I suggest you go outside, go swimming, plant a garden and get your hands in the dirt!
Avoid Antibiotics. Don't overuse antibiotics and avoid them whenever you can– they kill gut bugs! Also look to buy meats that are certified free of antibiotics.
Eat Organic. Buy plant foods that are organically grown and have not been sprayed with chemicals whenever you can. When a product is certified organic, it has not been sprayed with glyphosate, the active ingredient in Round-up herbicide.
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