The microbiome, it's kind of like the last frontier of gastronyrology and really the last frontier of trying to understand why certain diseases happen.

The microbiome consists of microbes that are both helpful and potentially harmful.

Many of these are symbiotic, and I don't mean like a symbiote from, let's say, Spider-Man and the venom,

but they're symbiotic in the sense that the human body and the microbiota benefit each other in some ways.

However, other pathogens can actually be pathogenic and promote disease.

In a healthy body, pathogenic and symbiotic microbions coexist without any problems.

But if there's a disturbance, that's right, like a disturbance in the force, the body will notice

it.

I know these are not metachlorians, but some form of infectious illness, certain types of diets,

even the use of antibiotics or other bacteria that are going to be destroying these things

will cause a dysbiosis. And then stopping these normal interactions will then lead to an imbalance,

which will then make the body more susceptible to certain types of diseases,

or generate certain types of symptoms.

Now, many patients ask me, what is the microbiome and how does it develop?

Well I just told you what it is.

But how it develops, well it is as original as your entire personality and even your DNA.

The microorganisms that make up your microbiome

are actually developed over your entire life

and are influenced by your DNA,

their influence during delivery in the birth canal,

through your mother's breast smell,

and even through other

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