Did you know that a lot of people have COVID-19, but don’t even know it? That’s because their adaptability to the virus is much stronger than someone who got the virus and got seriously sick from it. When it comes to CV, your health outcomes are directly related to your adaptability to the actual virus. If your internal environment is healthy and flourishing then your chances of being negatively impacted greatly decrease.
The mindset of Western medical doctors typically tends to focus on the germ, meaning they just want to treat the symptoms. But that band-aid approach to health doesn’t teach people how to improve their terrain-the environment within the body. Germs include bacteria, viruses, fungi and all sorts of microbes, and we need these things to live symbiotically in nature.
With the coronavirus, we’re over-sanitizing everything. Walk into any store and you’ll see hand sanitizers. Here’s the thing-many of those are for bacteria AND many of them are also carcinogenic. We’re in a pandemic due to a virus. Sanitizing won’t help a virus at all; if anything it’s going to get rid of the good bacteria, not just getting the bad bacteria.
The Problem With Banishing All Bugs
Getting rid of all the bacteria that are on your hands by using sanitizer is problematic. That’s because the hand sanitizer is going to absorb into the skin. Your skin is your largest organ and that will have a big influence on your gut microbiome-80-90% of your immune system comes from your gut.
We Don’t Keep Our Kids in a Bubble
We have to change our line of thinking here. We, humans, are also a part of nature, and we need to have a balance with our environment in order for us all to survive and thrive. This is of upmost importance in clinical practice, as we can’t just kill all the germs we think are “bad”. They have a crucial role in the system. Germs are ubiquitous – meaning they are everywhere! There is no avoiding germs, they are often more of a part of us than our own cells are. Microbes are found throughout the human body, mainly on the external and internal surfaces, including the gastrointestinal tract, skin, saliva, oral mucosa, and conjunctiva.
It’s Not About the Germ-It’s about the Environment
Our immune system develops and grows with introductions to this new bacteria such as new viruses and microbes. Without that exposure, your immune system begins to fail its job and become hyper-reactive and can’t handle even a simple exposure to a common bacteria that’s out there.
Fortify Your Body’s Defenses
This is why we don’t raise our children in these bubbles. When kids teethe they put toys in their mouth; when they nurse they get the microbes from Mom’s skin and milk-rich antibodies to help train that early immune system. We are constantly inundated with germs everywhere and on everything!
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