World Digestive Health Day: How To Have A Good Microbiome
Every May 29 of each year, World Digestive Health Day is celebrated, as a proposal of the World Gastroenterology Organization (WGO). This has happened since 2005 and is supported by other organizations linked to the issue in 110 countries.
The choice of date responds to the fact that on May 29, 1958 the first world congress of gastroenterology ended in Washington, and there the creation of the world entity that groups the specialty was defined. Much later, in 2004, the project for a World Digestive Health Day was developed, which was launched a year later.
For each day, a gastroenterological health topic is chosen that takes place over twelve months, and then starts again. In this way, pathologies such as stomach cancer or colon cancer have had their moments of strong prevention campaigns.
Today, the gut microbiome is becoming increasingly important. Its care and the influence it can have on the development of disorders is the subject of research around the planet. Therefore, its approach is the main issue in digestive health.
What is the gut microbiome?
Talking about the microbiome or the microbiota is similar, although not the same. While the microbiota is the set of microorganisms that permanently inhabit an area of the body, the microbiome is those microorganisms plus the genetic material they possess.
Bacteria regularly live in the intestine, which undergo minimal modifications under normal conditions, and due to their stability they constitute the flora of the digestive system. When its regularity is lost, disorders appear that become systemic.
The gut microbiome has been linked to autoimmune diseases, psychiatric disorders, and degenerative pathologies. Allergies also constitute an important part of the human balance that is modified by these microorganisms.
On World Digestive Health Day, it is worth remembering that the microbiome is almost like a personal fingerprint. For each individual, the bacterial composition of the intestine is unique, and represents a seal of its balance with the internal environment and with the external environment.
Changes in lifestyle affect it, as does diet. There is an evolutionary process of these bacteria that accompany the growth and development of the body.
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