by James Maskell
(GreenMedInfo) Of all the areas of research in medicine and wellness at the moment, the most fascinating is on the germs that live on us and inside us all. We have all heard of ‘good bacteria’ and ‘bad bacteria’ but the new research is going beyond these shallow titles.
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Our human ‘microbiome’ is being studied not only by large governmental agencies like the National Institute for Heath but also by so-called ‘citizen science’ projects, which are crowdfunding our deeper understanding of our unique ongoing interaction with our environment.
But what do these microbes do, and how does that help our health?
These new studies are showing consistently that microbes have significant roles to play in our health and ongoing wellness, and we may just be seeing the tip of the iceberg. These germs are crucial to our digestion and metabolism, but what may prove their most vital action for humans is best described by a somewhat ironic acronym, C.R.A.P.
Colonization Resistance Against Pathogens (C.R.A.P) refers to the functional immunity that each of us gains from having a rich and diverse group of germs in our bodies, especially in our digestive tracts. Having a strong ‘colony’ allows us to fight off the bad guys. They need us (as hosts) and we need them, and the sooner we start acting like best friends the better.
Allergy Issues
The new research shows this is important especially in childhood when we are acquiring germs from our environment. If we are either underexposed, through overly aggressive sanitation or separation (from each other or our environment) or our stocks are destroyed (by antibiotics), our immune system seems less able to determine which substances we should react to and which not. This is fueling the pediatric allergy epidemic that is reaching all outposts of the developed world.