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 Allergies
Although allergies can be genetic or environmental, the explosion in
allergies in the 21st century is surely largely down to environmental
factors (jeans/genes are worn by the
environment). We have been messing with our environment big time. So, what are these environmental factors that create
hypersensitivity of the immune system?
I suspect that microbiome disruption is the main cause.
Microbiome are the healthy bacteria in our gut and on our skin that probably outnumber our body cells. The microbiome we receive at birth and in early life basically
programmes our immune system. This microbiome programming is especially
from mother at birth, and also our immediate environment. This is explained in the documentary MicroBirth.
So, we see the probable main causes of the allergy explosion:-
All these compromise the young immune system.
So, I find it bizarre when scientists get excited about breakthroughs in allergy treatment, such as here.
I also think bans on peanuts in public places is not really addressing the long-term answer. Soon, we will ban so many things from public places that public places will be voids.
The simple long-term answer is birth naturally at home, breastfeed, minimise medicine, avoid vaccinations, connect with nature.
- If you cannot birth vaginally, you can use a
vaginal swab. See here for how. Also see here.
- Medical
interventions such as use of synthetic oxytocin, antibiotics, C-section
and
formula feeding interfere with or completely bypass the natural
processes of childbirth. (See MicroBirth)
- Baby has the best chance of a healthy immune system when it is born by
natural
vaginal birth, then has immediate skin-to-skin contact and is
breastfed. In
this way, the baby is properly seeded with the mother's own bacteria
and the
baby's immune system can reach full "completeness". Consequently,
that baby has
significantly less risk of developing a non-communicable disease in its
lifetime. That baby will be stronger and healthier. (See MicroBirth)
- The best place to have a birth is the mother's home, as
it is where her microbes flourish (Michel Odent cited in Midwifery Today E-News, posted 26 October 2016, accessed 27/10/2016). Giving birth at a hospital by C-section seeds the baby with nasty
hospital bacteria, which brings higher risk for baby of certain
diseases (e.g. allergies, autoimmune diseases, obesity).
- "Humans have co-evolved with microbes and as a result we
rely on their genomes for certain critical functions. We believe this is particularly
true during the earliest stages of human development. But lifestyles have
changed dramatically over the past several decades. We've significantly reduced
our exposure to these environmental microbes our bodies rely on." (Susan Lynch, PhD, posted 12 September 2016, accessed 18 August 2017)
- If you have poor microbiota, you can have faecal transplants. See here and here.
- Allergy Quotes (PWP).
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Food allergies linked to diet and gut microbiome (News Medical, 2016) [Discounts environmental microbe exposure, though shows how diet affects allergy].
- Newborn gut microbiome predicts later allergy and asthma, study finds
(University of California, ScienceDaily, 2016) [Sadly, they talk about the need for interventions early in
life, when really it is all about NOT intervening in natural
processes!!].
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Microbiome and food allergy (Blázquez and Berin, Translational Research, 2017).
- Greener
play areas boost children’s immune systems, research finds (The Guardian,
2020).
- How a radical experiment to bring a forest into a preschool transformed children’s health (The Guardian, 2025) [Our health is intimately linked to our surroundings, and to the ecological health of the world around us].
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Also see:-
Allergy Quotes
Magic Bullets for Babies
Breastfeeding
Demedicalise!
Immune System
Diet articles
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Allergies