Over a century ago, our approach to health took a sharp turn in the wrong direction. Instead of turning around, the traditional medical system has since kept on going.
Recently, however, scientists have discovered something that natural health researchers have known for a long time. This may completely change how diseases are treated.
No longer will we think of diseases something we have to cure. It’s not going to be bacteria and cancer cells we have to kill. Or even plaque and cholesterol we have to remove.
But you don’t have to wait till the traditional medical system has researched (and probably ruined) this age-old wisdom. Because in today’s feature article I’m going to explain these findings and how you can use them to live a healthy, disease free life.
This may sound like science fiction. Did you know there are around 10,000 types of tiny, foreign microbial cells wandering in and around your body?
There are actually ten times more foreign microbe cells in and on your body than your own cells. But because they’re really small they only count for around 2% of your body mass.
You may be familiar with some type of microbe under the “bad-reputation” names bacteria, fungi and viruses. The fact is, however, that although these microbes are foreign entities and have a different DNA structure, most of them are very healthy for us. Some we could not live without.
The science community is just now opening their eyes to just how important various types of microbes are for our health. Not only do they help digest the food we eat in the gut, they’re also vital parts of our immune system.
A recent project called “The Human Microbial Project” was a joined venture between 80 universities and institutions all around the world. They gathered information from hundreds of studies on various types of microbes living and growing all over the human body. This included the gut, skin, genitals and most other parts of the body.
One interesting thing the scientists found was that most people have some types of harmful bacteria in their body. Up to 30% of humans carry, for example, the Staphylococcus aureus (the flesh eating) bacteria that doesn’t seem to have any impact on their health but can transfer to others.
And this is what’s baffling the scientists. Traditionally, a harmful bacterium is considered harmful for everyone who carries it. Either your immune system completely wipes it out or it will eventually take over. But this is obviously not the case for billions of people carrying Staphylococcus aureus and other harmful bacteria.
For those individuals, other types of microbes keep the harmful bacteria in check. So as long as we have plenty of the health-generating bacteria, there is nothing to worry about. This is a brand new look at the immune system (at least for the traditional medical system). These immune-boosting microbes can be found both on our skin and inside the body.
Of course, we’ve known for a long time that microbes have an extremely big role in the digestive system. However, the study mentioned earlier took this knowledge to a whole new level. Previously, only around 1000 types of microbes were known. With 9,000 more microbes discovered, we now know that the human body plus the microbes living in it contain over 8 million genes.
The additional genes from the microbes makes it possible to digest and process various types of food that human genes alone could not process. They also generate inflammation-fighting chemicals and produce numerous types of Vitamin B.
The researchers also discovered that higher-than-normal amounts of some microbes could trigger inflammatory diseases such as arthritis and type 2 diabetes. Even “good” microbes that slip into the wrong parts of the body can be diagnosed as invaders by our immune system and trigger an inflammation response. Before we know it, the body is attacking itself.
So what exactly is it that we can learn from all this?
I hope this article will completely change how you consider your body. Your body is not just YOU and YOUR DNA. Your body is a floral landscape of thousands of different individual microbes with thousands of different DNA structures. It’s more like a community that needs to be nurtured and taken care of so everything flows in harmony.
…much like mother earth!
When germs were discovered and later with the discovery of antibacterial drugs (that unarguably have saved millions of lives), doctors began looking at diseases that needed to be fought. There were germs that needed to be killed. And antibiotics were the drugs that killed germs.
But now we know there are thousands types of microbes that are living in and on us in harmony with the body. And when disease-germs are killed using antibiotics, many of those favorable germs die too.
So antibacterial drugs as well as soap should be used very sparingly. Because once you’ve killed the germs and also killed the favorable microbes that help us with digestion and help our immune system, there is no harmony in the microbial flora.
It’s like dropping a bomb on a neighborhood where criminal gang lives to get rid of them. It’s not just the criminals that are killed, innocent people die equally. And once you get rid of this one gang, most likely the neighboring gangs will move in on their old territory.
We know now that our bodies are loaded with all kinds of disease-causing bacteria and it doesn’t hurt us at all. That is as long as we have enough of positive law-enforcement-microbes that keep the bad guys at bay.
So instead of thinking we need to attack and kill all the germs we get in touch or infected with using antibiotic drugs, antibacterial soap, chlorinated bathing and drinking water, and eating meat that has been treated with antibiotics, etc., we should pay good attention to consuming enough of the kinds of food that nurture favorable microbes, keeping the flora in harmony.
So where do we get these positive microbes from?
The traditional medical system is already trying to tackle this discovery from the natural section. They’re now creating supplemental probiotics that include some of the microbes we need. More and more microbes are constantly being discovered so this maybe a long, long process. There is also always a danger when taking things in a pill form that the right thing goes to the wrong places and in the wrong quantity.
I like to avoid pills of all kinds and get my flora in balance more naturally. And it’s quite simple, actually.
Of course, the quickest boost for positive microbes is to consume fermented food. The most common types of fermented foods for this purpose are things like yogurt, sauerkraut, pickles, vinegar, cheese, miso and sourdough bread.
There are also other types of foods and drinks most people don’t associate with fermentation and are more controversial, but many studies have found them extremely beneficial for health. Things like coffee, tea, chocolate, wine and beer.
And then there are unprocessed, especially raw foods that include a ton of microbes. The human body is in no way unique. All vegetables and animals meant for meat processing are loaded with positive microbes. However, it is important to choose organic since any kind of chemicals and pesticides will kill both positive and negative microbes.
Rest assure that most of the heavily processed, packaged food in the supermarket has been completely robbed of any microbes – that’s why it doesn’t go bad. Most of it is also loaded with all kinds of chemicals that will kill the positive microbes in your gut. Since your body, from nature, expects the food it consumes to include microbes to help process the food, the processed food puts a great strain on your system causing all kinds of diseases.
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Thank you for this great information.
This info.is so helpful. Thank you so much.
When it comes to my health I keep in mind man's evolution. That is our bodies have evolved over 100's of thousands of years eating raw foods. For me that means a minimum of processed foods – including "yoghurt". After all this is made in a factory. For those who read this comment, remember the old saying, " don't eat anything your grandmother didn't eat". And of course walk everywhere you can.
Saurkraut and pickles can increase blood pressure. Too much sodium!
Thanks for this awesome article. Also thanks to Jac Renzenbrink for your response and reminder of how far we have strayed from the eating of raw foods. Personally I have added a lot of fermented foods into my diet in recent years. I use a moderate amount of coffee, tea, chocolate which also provide high amounts of antioxidants. I also agree that inflammation in our body has a lot to do with our health or imbalances in our health, i.e. diabetes, arthritis, etc. so we should look at keeping the inflammation under control. Antibiotics are not the answer for every little problem that comes along. Boosting our immune system will go a long way for our wellness. Thank you again.
Thank you for this article!!! I have known this for years. But I am constantly amazed how many people (and doctors) are not aware of the need to have these microbes in our bodies. My saying is that nothing is totally prohibitive, but an EXCESS of anything is a sin to our bodies! A nutritionist can help determine what is “excess” for YOUR body…we are all different. Yes, I have had a few health problems but by using natural methods,natural foods, and herbs I have avoided medications as part of my regular diet (except for rare times of temporary extreme illness). Thanks again for educating the readers.
health is very, very important so tank for the website
Very interesting, to say the least.
Aloha from Hawaii, Actually here in Hawaii eating Kim Chi which is a fermented cabbage dish is very popular, and I use organic Apple Cider (Braggs) Vinegar and also Balsalmic Vinegar, but I used to make my own yogurt in the 70’s which was better than store bought, now think I am going to try and get a yogurt maker…wish I still had it I am going on age 75, and eat lots of fruits, veggies grown locally, and good healthy food…Jill
Many thanks for this information. I wholly concur with all you say and have long since stopped using soap on my body. I must say it helps to be vegan as this eliminates body odor. It is animal protein which causes this. Another bonus of veganism is that mosquito bites no longer itch and come up in great bumps.
As a chronic pain sufferer I was on many medications including morphine and anti depressants for most of my life.
I found that taking a heaped teaspoon of turmeric powder was all I needed. I no longer use any medication what so ever and with most of my vegetables being eaten raw and the fact that I have a minimum of 10 veg on my plate at any sitting I have never been healthier.
We are told that vegetables do not contain protein and this is not true as they all contain protein.
I have never been healthier mentally or physically and I am now approaching 70 years of age.
What a pity I had to waste most of my good years in pain and depression caused by the pain medication.
Folks keep searching the alternate sites as this is where you will get the truth.
its a nice article, very educative to me and my family. am a culprit when it comes to eat and drink fermented foods, now iam going to befriend them. thanks for the article.
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THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS EXCELLENT INFORMATION ON FERMENTED FOODS AND HEALTH. IT SHOWS ONCE AGAIN THAT YOUR ARE WHAT YOU EAT, AND THAT FOOD IS MEDICINE AND MEDICINE IS FOOD.
This article contains good informations.I already interested using probiotics to treat some diseases.Thanks
My first ever comment!! I started cutting all sugars from my diet,not all but definitely sucrose and fructose. As a type II diabetic, I have been having problems controlling my blood sugar. In ONE day, eating very healthy food, fermented food etc. My sugars have dropped from 11.00 to 4.0. Guess I’m going to have to reduce my meds. Time to se the doctor. Thanks blue heron for your really helpful information
I enjoyed and found this info very interesting. However do you have an article on what you can do food wise to reduce inflammation.
Great information . and make more sense than Pharma pills and over use of antibiotics in our foods and diseases treatments . will follow more of Blue Heron Health articles and new findings of great health researches.
Great article , I always say that 90% of food sold in the supermarket are just empty food with lots of preservatives and antibiotics that are not made for the human body microbial flora health. Diseases are lack of good microbial flora in our bodies. Wake up to health people. Look for articles, news and latest researches , thanks Blue Heron health news. I will follow more of your great articles. JHT.
The gut is the heart of a strong immune system, what we feed it is critical for good health. As Lynus Pauling said, two times winner of the Nobel Prize, "Good nutrition can prevent 95% of all known diseases." The present day "civilized" world is as far removed from what is natural as can be possible. Hence man made plagues that kill by stealth, silently, yet global in their devastation, and so subtle are they in their deadliness, that mankind has come to accept them as "Normal." They are not normal, they are man made most of them, and engineered through mans genetically, chemically, biologically, changing the natural foods that were natural for mankind all over the world for millenia, into a dead food mass, that is reflected in the sickest society of mankind ever known, and getting sicker by the day. I recommend the finest book that I have ever read on nutrition and health, a book called "Trick and Treat" by a Barry Groves. He has spent over fifty years of his life researching mans history of food and health, his book is a revelation, and ticks all the boxes.