Testimony 8

"This is called, " MY MIRACLE" 

I would like to start by saying a heart felt thank you to my family and close friends, and my Lord and Savior for always being there and supporting me through this, even though I know it was just as difficult for you. 
I have been battling 2 auto-immune diseases called inflammatory neuropathy which gave me the secondary disease of fibromayalgia. They effect all body nerves and muscles and have caused nerve damage in my legs, feet, arms and hands and some muscle damage in my legs. Every treatment given for these diseases I have turned out to be highly allergic to. So, my only treatments were pain pills and muscle relaxers.

They considered my case to be extreme because my body was overly sensitive to meds, ran a constant low grade fever, prone to staph infections, mini seizures, body stopped producing folic acid, pancreas not producing enough digestive enzymes to absorb nutrients from foods, and extreme pain and fatigue. Depending on how physical the activity I did one day, would put me in bed for several days to recover. I would go into remission about every 6 mths until around 3 yrs ago. The pain pills and muscle relaxers could no longer keep up with pain and I ended up in bed more than I was out of it.

I found a neurologist who agreed to do a high powered IV infusion treatment that consisted of a 2 day, 2 hour treatment every month. At first, the horrible side effects were worth the decrease in pain and increase in mobility but after a few months it became more of a poison to my body and started making me sicker instead of relieving the pain.

So, he decided to send me to a spinal injection specialist who at first refused to give me the treatment until he did a test injection to see if he could even numb the nerves. When that worked, he agreed to take the risk (because I was allergic). The injection did not work as well as we had hoped it would and caused more pain in my legs and I just felt sick.

By this point, my body, mind and soul had had enough. Instead of praying for God to take away the pain or to heal me, I was praying for Him to take me and for it to be over for me and my family. I didn't feel like I had anymore fight left in me and didn't want my family and my kids to have to suffer along with me anymore. I told Michael, my husband that I wasn't in a good place and so he took me to church and God answered my prayer his way. I can't explain what happened to me that morning other than to say that He ... showed me mercy and took the worst of my pain away from me. It was the most profound and amazing experience of my life. That blessing lasted for 3 long glorious weeks and then the pain started to come back full force.

I was getting ready to go back for another injection, when I believe God stepped in again. My husband was noticing a difference in his Fire Chiefs over all health and weight and decided to go talk to him and his wife, Melisa about the products they were taking. He comes home and shows me the information and is excited and yet both skeptical that it could help my condition. ( been there, done that and tried just about everything). Michael convinces me to go to the meeting; thinking I will just go to support him because he's excited about losing weight and improving his blood pressure; when a woman starts talking about herself and her daughter. Struggling with a disease that effects the collagen in their bodies and the joint pain and fatigue they suffer from and how these products were helping them and how her blood work came back improved.

After listening to her, we looked at each other and I said, "okay, I'll try it ".

I am so excited to report that I have been taking Plexus Products for 4 weeks and I have not taken one pain pill or muscle relaxer since I started.

I have been able to stay active and out of bed all day long. I can do what I want, be active all day long and get up the next morning like a normal person and start all over again. I am not saying I am cured or pain free but the worse pain is tolerable and my limb pain in minimal. I haven't been able to do this in forever. I EVEN MOWED MY LAWN !!! You should have seen the look on my husbands face when he came home and saw what I was doing. lol PRICELESS !!!!

Thanks to Plexus and to my Lord and Savior, I have my life back. My family has me back.

Even Michael was seeing results with his weight and heartburn issues within 2 wks of taking the Plexus products.(slim, biocleanse & probio5)

Noah, my 15 yr old football player is no longer suffering from severe IBS symptoms that have sent him to the ER and says he just feels better and really loves to drink the slim. (gets mad if we run out) ha ha (slim, biocleanse probio5) 

I am putting my story out there now, because when God blesses you and your life, you are to be a witness to others and share it so that others can see and receive his blessings as well. And that is what these products and this company Plexus are to me, " MY MIRACLE"."

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Testimony 7

"I suffered in silence for many years, un-diagnosed, and told "there is nothing wrong with you" so many times that I lost count! I also had surgery that turned out to be unhelpful and unnecessary. I became a recluse, stopped enjoying social functions, and focused on nothing more than raising my boys and surviving! It was all that I had the energy for! 

Over the years, I was put on pain medications, anti-anxiety medications, anti-depressants, sleep medications, hormones, and told to see a therapist! The relationships I lost still break my heart. The losses I suffered physically, financially, and emotionally are too numerous to count! 

A full blown thyroid storm put me in the hospital this past November, and I finally got a diagnosis in December! Even WITH the diagnosis though, I was deeply saddened by the "expert" Dr's who told me that there was basically nothing they could do until my thyroid finally just gave up and stopped working all together... which could take YEARS! That was NOT ok with me, and that's when I started researching! 

I was determined NOT to let this disease have my life and now that I had a name for it, I was a girl on fire! Fast forward through some "trial and error" diets, self medication with supplements, more prescriptions, etc, etc... and the end result was God leading me to PLEXUS! 

Did the other stuff help? Yes, a little! But it wasn't until Plexus that I found ME again! I feel like I felt when I was 25! I feel like the ME that I knew I was, even when I was unable live it out anymore! 

We are sicker, as a nation, than God ever intended! We are killing ourselves with our lifestyles and eating habits! Will Plexus cure the world? I don't know! But it's curing ME! It is changing real lives... bringing real people back to life... and helping so many take control of their bodies and minds back! I can't think of a SINGLE person I know that wouldn't benefit from these products! Not one! HOPE is a beautiful thing! I finally found mine and I want to share it with YOU!"

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Testimony 6

"I have to share that since starting Plexus back in October (posted in March)...I've not had 1 migraine headache. Not one! This is amazing for me!! I no longer NEED my coffee. I have sustained energy throughout the day. I feel so good and have for quite some time now that I can't remember how terrible I use to feel. Sure I've had a detox week here or there, but once through those, it's been nothing short of amazing!"

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Testimony 5

"I have Lymes and severe adrenal fatigue. I had migraines and headaches nearly daily. I had trouble getting anything done. I was constantly exhausted. Sleep never helped. I am 30. I couldn't believe how bad I felt. And often thought 'if I live to 40 it might make me wheelchair bound. I had a crazy foggy brain. Generally had no idea what I had talked about when finishing a conversation. Homeschooling my children had gotten hard. Simple problems baffled me. All this caused anger and frustration on my end. I told my husband a few times that if I could quit my job I would. It was horrid. Horrid.

Brenda called and talked to me about plexus last mth. I quickly ordered and took it straight away. I can't handle the accelerator makes me feel floaty. In 2 weeks or less my brain was returning. I was a little annoyed not to see a change in my size. Til it dawned on me that 'I' was returning. My brain is still a little foggy. But I can function! I have what to do fun things again! I want to sew. See friends. Read to my children ( without stumbling over words! ) it really was bad!

I had a couple relapse days last week. But a couple days ago realized it was cause I really overdid myself. My body isn't as caught up as my brain is. I have to pace myself still. My body was in a bad place still is but now I have HOPE!
This mth I want to do 2 packs a day to see if that is a help. I am holding lots of water. And I weigh 70lbs more than I should.
I adore plexus. And can honestly say I don't care if I don't lose any weight. God is still using plexus to save my life."

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Testimony 4

"My early years of marriage were difficult, to say the least. My hormones completely ran my life. I had been on anti-depressants since high school. At one point a counselor suggested I may have bi-polar disorder. What I had, in fact, was a serious hormone imbalance that was ruining my teens and 20s. My libido was virtually non-existent, the depression came in spurts and the monthly PMS was so severe that at times I felt an alien had come to take over my body. I hated being that person. It would go on for days, until my cycle started and I could go back to being “normal” for a couple weeks. But the damage and hurt I spewed out during those few days, remained. God bless my husband, who has been able to love me in spite of it all, because I think he knows deep down that the crazy hormone woman was never the real me.

Add 2 babies, now ages 7 and 3, to the mix of hormones and what I discovered is this: I had the “normal” amount of progesterone when I was pregnant, making me feel 100% awesome! The energy level, libido and great moods I had when I was pregnant tipped me off to the fact that something was horribly messed up on the hormonal level in my body. The post-partum depression after both of my kids was pretty severe and required medication. I had hormone testing done and supplemented with bio-identical hormones for awhile, but stopped using them because I wasn’t confident they were safe after doing boatloads of research.

Fast forward to June of 2013, when I hit a major brick wall with my health. I was suffering from adrenal fatigue, a candida overgrowth, depression, food allergies, weight gain and anxiety. I was living on what I call “coffee and kid scraps” at that point in time, despite everything I know and believe about healthy eating & cooking from scratch. I will never forget sitting in my doctor’s office and crying that day. I told her that I felt the last 2 decades of my life had been lost. Utterly wasted. I was mourning for the years I had been a slave to the hormones that controlled me. What were supposed to be “the best years of my life” were anything but. She said, “The second half of your 30s and your 40s could be absolutely amazing!” Honestly, I didn’t believe a word she said.

In April of 2014, my husband decided to try Plexus Slim after seeing a before and after picture on a friend’s Facebook wall. He had such great results after a few weeks that I decided (with my doctor’s approval) to get on board. I was hoping that I could lose a few pounds, but didn’t really expect ANYTHING like I have experienced these last 2 months.

In the 9 weeks I have been using Plexus Slim, my whole life has changed! The 3 pm crash? Gone. The raging PMS? My period started this month I didn’t even know it was coming!! The mood swings? I am so much more even tempered with my family now. The insomnia and “tired and wired” feeling every night? Sleeping like a baby—at 11 pm for 2 months straight. The sugar and carb cravings? Nada. The libido that never existed? Well….let’s just say that isn’t an issue anymore! LOL

If those were the only benefits I got from using Slim, ProBio5 and Bio Cleanse—I would be THRILLED!!! But, the icing on the cake is the 19 inches (yes, 19!) I have lost in the past 4 weeks! I didn’t measure until week 5, but I have lost 3 inches off my waist, 2 inches off my hips, 2 inches off each thigh, etc. etc. The funny part is that I have only lost 4 pounds this month (10 lb total). That would seem disappointing if I weren’t wearing 2 sizes smaller in shirts and a size smaller pants! I feel absolutely amazing—beyond amazing. My family and I have Plexus to thank for giving me the kind of life I didn’t even know was possible. Now I am on a mission to share these products with anyone who will listen! Plexus is soooo much more than just a weight loss product. I am proof of that!"

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Testimony 3

"I believe in whole foods and holistic remedies. I have spent years reading and learning about different whole food supplements and how they can help. I seek out raw milk, grassfed and finished beef, cage free chicken and eggs, wild caught fish, avoid vegetable oils, use coconut oil and butter, love the principles of the Weston A. Price Foundation, simmer homemade bone broths on my stove for days, ferment my own Kefir and kombucha, make my own soy-free mayonnaise, etc...

However, I suffered with horrible hormonal issues (heavy unstoppable periods, lack of libido, hot flashes, mood swings, depression, irregular cycles, anxiety, chronic fatigue, constantly aching lower back, bladder control issues, tender breasts, brain fog, etc.). I read many wholistic articles trying to find relief. I tried progesterone cream with some success, but not complete relief of symptoms, plus it caused me to have 2 periods a month. I was at the end of my rope when I saw my dear friend post about finally being free from her symptoms of Endometriosis and PCOS and off all of her hormones after trying Plexus.

 I skeptically asked her to send me the ingredient list - I'm adamant about ingredient lists... It cannot contain soy, artificial sweeteners, carrageenan, artificial colors, vanillin, bht, etc... I was pleasantly surprised by the ingredient list and found many of the ingredients I had read about for years were in Plexus. I still felt this is too good to be true, I mean, I had so many of those supplements in my medicine cabinet already, why hadn't they worked for me before? 

I skeptically ordered, and remained skeptical for the first 3 weeks, then it hit me that so many of my hormonal issues were significantly reduced or completely gone! My husband noticed my moods especially and joked that it's like having a new wife. Any of my remaining issues continued to improve over the next two months and I'm so thankful that I am free of these issues today! It has really been life changing for me!

 I am so thankful for The Lord putting April and this all natural product in my life! I've also lost 27lbs which is just the icing on the cake for me. I saw my neurologist (sleep dr) and my primary care doctor this week and they both were excited for all of the positive changes they saw in me and approved for me to continue taking Plexus. My husband has lost 20lbs and has been able to reduce his blood pressure medication. For me Plexus is about restoring the natural balance in your body to the way God intended it to be, and reaping the benefits of balance and health."

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Testimony 2

"I am a stay at home mom to 5, a farmer's wife and homeschooler, for what it's worth this is my story...

Nine years ago after the birth of our 5th child I experienced a health crisis. To make a long story short, the following years I experienced a variety of different symptoms that through many Dr visits and testing couldn't diagnose or help.I spent a lot of time researching, learning and gaining discernment in making the right changes to my diet and started healing my body through nutrition, food and supplements...through lots of trial and error!

 Diet has been huge but I have never found other products or supplements that made much of a difference and I have tried many things in the past 9 years. Through some of the testing I had done since then, I found out that I am hypoglycemic, during my pregnancies I was borderline gestational diabetic, my adrenals were fatigued, which I also learned involves the thyroid. This explained my fatigue, mid day slumps, no energy & lack of concentration. My cortisol levels were high at night which meant waking with insomnia, anxiety and a pounding heart. In the mornings especially, I dealt with inflammation, joint pain and tingling & numbness in my hands.My monthly cycles were very painful and a big interruption to life. I was exhausted most of the time and often felt like I was just surviving my day.

About seven months ago a friend of mine shared info on Plexus Slim with me. To be honest if I had heard about this product any other way I probably would not have put much trust in it. I would have easily defined it as a gimmic! However, I had been following this friends research in different health topics for the last 9 years and trusted her recommendations and it caught my attention.

So after some research of my own, in the midst of the stress of packing and moving I decided that that would be a great time to test this product out. Immediately I was AMAZED, that first week I began seeing little changes in my energy, my focus and my rest at night. 

Six months after starting my 'pink drink' I have never again experienced that night time insomnia and anxiety! Not once! That alone has been worth it to us! My energy has been amazing, I have increased focus, my anxiety is GONE and I actually FEEL really rested! Over time I started seeing improvements with ache joints and inflammation issues as well. My blood sugars have stabilized and I have experienced much improvement in my over all health. My complexion has been much less prone to break out, my monthly cycles have been improving by the month... most months I was on the couch with my feet up most of my cycle dealing with heavy flow, cramps, bloating & headaches. Since starting on Plexus Slim, with time, each cycle has been improving the longer I take it...I'm talking clearer complexion, zero cramps, no heavy flow, no pounding headaches, and barely lasts 3 days....yeah, really! The best part is that this month instead of being on the couch I was in my garden planting potatoes!! Ladies, *this* is how a menstrual cycle should be! and with time I keep discovering more and more areas in my health that have been improving. 

I had all but given up hope of ever feeling like I used to.This past week we celebrated our 5 child's 9th birthday, THIS birthday I feel so completely different, Blood glucose levels are so important!!A couple months ago I added Plexus' Pro-bio-5 and Bio-cleanse to the slim. Even though I usually eat a low-glycemic and low sugar diet I saw my cravings for carbs and sugars disappear! Although I didn't have much weight to lose, after adding these 2 products to the slim I have finally seen those last few stubborn pounds begin moving! I've never seen such great results with my digestion and elimination than I have with these products...they really work!!

Plexus has truly been an amazing find for me, with TIME and consistency (7 months now) I am seeing results that amaze me!! For me, this was not about weight loss, it has been about being able to get my health back which has enabled me to do the jobs God gives me in my everyday, better (wife, mom, teacher, friend etc.) ...it truly heals from the inside out!"

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Testimony 1

"Have I mentioned how Plexus has given me my life back again? After 5 years of struggling with Chronic Lymes (I actually contracted lymes 6 years ago this month when my youngest, Valorie was 4 months old) and the last year dealing with Adrenal Fatigue and Candida I can finally function again!! No more pain throughout my body, no more brain fog, I sleep like a baby, my outlook on life is brighter, overall, so much easier to live life with all it's stressors. SO SO GREAT!! If you are struggling healthwise, Plexus could be your answer to prayer - IT WAS MINE!!"

Testimonials appearing on this site are not affiliated with Plexus Worldwide Inc. They are individual experiences, reflecting real life experiences of those who have used our products in some way or another. However, they are individual results and results do vary. We do not claim that they are typical results that consumers will generally achieve. The testimonials are not necessarily representative of all of those who will use our products and/or services.

How the Adrenals Cause All Kinds of Problems

Excellent explanation  from Hashimoto's Healing of blood sugar, cortisol adrenals and thyroid and how they intertwine:

But other things you don’t normally think of, also place just as much of a burden on the adrenal glands. 

These include blood sugar swings, gut dysfunction, leaky gut, food intolerances (especially gluten), chronic infections, environmental toxins, autoimmune problems and inflammation.
All of these conditions sound the alarm and cause the adrenals to pump out more stress hormones. 

So really, stress can be thought of as anything that disturbs the body’s natural balance (or if you like, homeostasis). 

Adrenal stress is one of the most common problems encountered in modern clinical practice, because nearly everyone is dealing with at least one of the things I just discussed...

Adrenal stress weakens these barriers, weakens the immune system in general, and promotes poor immune system regulation. 

Cortisol can impact this in both directions. Too little cortisol causes the immune system to rev up and can lead to an over aggressive immune response. 

Too much cortisol can weaken the immune system and make you more vulnerable to attacks or unable to defend yourself. 

When these immune barriers are breached large proteins and other antigens are able to pass into the bloodstream or brain where they don’t belong.
If this happens over and over again, the immune system gets thrown out of whack and we become more prone to autoimmune diseases...

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Blood Sugar Blues

This is an excellent explanation from Hashimoto's Healing of the affect that blood sugar and cortisol have on the adrenals and thyroid: :

When your blood sugar levels drop below normal, your adrenal glands respond by secreting cortisol. Cortisol then tells the liver to make more glucose, bringing blood sugar levels back to normal. 

Hypoglycemia is a condition in which there is not enough cortisol to raise blood sugar into the normal range. 

The problem is that cortisol (along with epinephrine) is also a sympathetic nervous system stimulant involved in the “flight or fight” response. This can end up wearing out the adrenals.
In fact, we often see adrenal fatigue and hypoglycemia together.

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Stop Painful Nerve Pain In Its Tracks

From Suzy Cohen:

Neuropathy may cause more than the discomfort you describe. It can also cause pain, weakness, dizziness when standing up, burning sensations (even in the tongue), shooting pain, trigeminal neuralgia, tingling, numbness, cystitis, urinary urgency, and vibration/buzzing sensations... 

Neuropathy is a symptom of post-herpetic neuralgia (shingles), high insulin, diabetes, gluten sensitivity or Celiac, heavy metal toxicity, autoimmune disorders, Lyme disease and medications. A little known fact is that medications can mug your body of nutrients that would otherwise protect your nerves, so neuropathy pain is a side effect. The list of drugs that can indirectly do this goes is in the hundreds and some classic ‘offenders’ include antacids, acid blockers, oral contraceptives, hormone replacement therapy, corticosteroids, statin cholesterol reducers, breast cancer drugs and fluoroquinolone antibiotics. That last class of drugs, the fluoroquinolones (Cipro, Floxin, Avelox, Levaquin) have a fluoride backbone. Fluoride is known to harm the thyroid gland, reduce thyroid production and cause irreversible damage to the nervous system. 

One solution for neuropathies is to reduce insulin and blood sugar.

Click here to read the rest (including her list of suggested supplements- which all happen to be in Plexus products!)

Many Diseases Linked to High Insulin – The Longer Story

From Suzy Cohen:

For those who don’t realize, insulin is a pancreatic hormone that reduces blood sugar which rises in response to eating. Many physicians routinely measure your blood glucose, but not your insulin. The ratio of glucose to insulin is more valuable than the level of either one alone. That’s a very important statement and it often comes as a surprise to folks who are used to having their blood glucose measured (FBS) but not their insulin. Just because your blood glucose is normal (and you are sent home with the good news that you do NOT have diabetes) does not mean that everything is hunky dory. 

The following information is hard to find, and I’m happy to share it with you. A person’s insulin levels may be SKY HIGH because the pancreas could be working on overdrive to push the blood sugar into the cell. Remember, insulin puts sugar into the cell, so if you have a lot of sugar on board (from eating the typical American diet or lots of carbs) then your insulin can be very high for many years while your blood sugar is normal. This is a dangerous place to be, and many doctors never think to measure a person’s insulin. The insulin can be high because the pancreas is pumping it out all day long to push the sugar into the cell. Good time to tell you that insulin makes a person fat. The more insulin, the more weight gain. So as a side note, if you are dealing with stubborn weight that refuses to come off, you may have high insulin. 

So you see now, why it’s the ratio of glucose to insulin that is so important. High insulin gives you a higher risk for many diseases.

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Insulin and Its Metabolic Effects

From Mercola.Com

Westerners' insulin levels are more out of control now than ever before as sugar continues to be consumed at an alarming rate, especially by teens and children. 

Obesity rates and diseases like diabetes, heart disease, cancer, autoimmune problems, and autism have skyrocketed. Metabolic problems and inflammation have been set ablaze by decades of bad dietary advice.

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How to Start Trim Healthy Mama (Excellent Info on How Blood Sugar and Insulin Affect Our Health)

This video is excellent and definitely worth taking an hour to watch. Serene and Pearl are so enjoyable and easy to listen to and this is full of health information. They especially do a superb job explaining the effects of blood sugar on the body. Trim Healthy Mama and Plexus Slim are both based on the same principle of balancing blood sugar, by which a host of other health issues are then resolved. I think that THM and Plexus would work beautifully together. (Or for those like me, who just aren't able to follow the THM plan right now, Plexus is a great place to start.) :

Plexus Product Presentation

Excellent overview of Plexus products and company:

How Fast Relief Works

Dr Dennis Harris, M.D. - Explains Plexus Fast Relief Nerve Health Support

Hear from David Brown, co-developer of Plexus Slim

Good, brief over view of Plexus Slim:

What Makes Plexus Probio 5 Awesome & Superior? Results!!!

Plexus Fungus Candida Info

Excellent and simple explanation from Lori Harrison of how Candida is at the root of so many health issues:

Probiotics Benefit Metabolic Syndrome Patients

From Mercola.com:

We’re hearing more and more about the benefits of probiotics on metabolic syndrome and obesity these days, which is a good thing. Most people do not have the optimal balance of good and bad bacteria in their intestines. This imbalance can wreak havoc on your health in many ways, and yes, it may even contribute to overweight and/or difficulty in shedding excess weight.

Although I’m not a major proponent of supplements (as I believe the majority of your nutrients need to come from food), probiotics are one of my exceptions.
Ensuring that you’re getting a regular supply of good bacteria in your digestive system is so important because an estimated 80 percent of your immune systemis located there. So supporting your digestive health is essential to also supporting your immune system, which is your number one defense system against ALL disease.

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Four Things You Need to Know About Cancer and Candida

From Natural News

Cancer and candida are apparently closely related. Some even claim Candida causes cancer, while others say they both originate and thrive in the same low pH, high acidic environment, possibly with a symbiotic relationship.
Candida yeast fungi are present to some extent in most or perhaps all of us. When the fungus overwhelms the gut's probiotic presence is when Candida begins to be an overall health threat.
When it comes to the relationship of candida to cancer, very few oncologists will consider that possibility. This; despite the fact that there are increasing reports of cancer tumors residing amongst Candida colonies from many orthodox medical sources.

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Gut Dysbiosis

From The Root of Health

Symbiosis translates to 'living in harmony.' Dysbiosis is the opposite, it's when the bad guys take over. It was first identified by Dr. Eli Metchnikoff in the early 20th century, who won a Nobel Prize for his work. It essentially means there is an imbalance of microbial colonies. This is most common in the digestive tract, but can happen anywhere there is an exposed mucous membrane, such as the skin. The bacteria maintain a harmonious balance in a healthy digestive tract by keeping each other in check so no one specific strain can dominate. What happens in a disturbed system is a strain's decreased efficiency at checks and balances. This can result in one colony becoming dominant and one becoming weaker. It instigates a chronic imbalance, debilitates the good guys and compromises our system as a whole. The good guys are imperative. They help us with digestion, absorption, produce vitamins, control growth of harmful microogranisms, and keep the intestinal cells well fed by creating short chain fatty acids. Sometimes we simply need to reinforce the good guys in order to get rid of the bad guys. We can support them a great deal via nutrition and natural supplements. It's one of the first steps you can take to get a healthier GI tract...and healthier skin, stronger immune system, more energy, better moods...the list goes on.

When dysbiosis exists, we may fall prey typically harmless microbes that can lead to serious health concerns. Elizabeth Lipski, PhD cites dysboisis as a cause of arthritis, autoimmune illness, vitamin B deficiency, chronic fatigue syndrome, cystic acne, eczema, food allergies and food sensitivities, inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, psoriasis and more.

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The Care and Feeding of Your Microbiome

This is an excellent, excellent article from Kitchen Stewardship on the importance of gut health, how it impacts our entire body, reasons why gut health is compromised and great recommendations for healing. I've copied some snippets here, but I highly recommend reading the entire article:

Although there’s plenty to read about the microbiome and we will likely be inundated with more for years to come, I hope to give you a nice foundation of basic information today, something you can refer to as you read about the microbiome in the years to come just to make sure you understand where these bacteria come from, a few examples of the importance they play in our health, how imbalances might occur and what we can do about it, at least with the knowledge we have at this moment... 

I read something a few years back that described antibiotics as a “hand grenade” that obliterates all bacteria in its path, both good and bad. This can totally destroy even a healthy microbiome instituted via a natural birth, and if the newly upturned (and rather empty) soil of your system isn’t repopulated with healthy bacteria first, it’s most likely that the diet and environment typical to most human beings in industrialized societies will quickly populate the gut with “bad guys.”... 

Unfortunately, most folks don’t even realize they’re in a battle for the health of their own microbiome, and they certainly don’t know the weapons they need to employ to come out victorious. If you’ve had antibiotics, if you’ve grown up on processed, sugary foods, if you know you suffer from candida or IBS, what can you DO about it?... 

...(M)ake sure you have plenty of “good guys” to edge out the bad guys. Good guy bacteria are called probiotics, and they assist in many aspects of digestion, immunity, and even metabolism. (Who knew you had such a team on your side?!)... 

If your bacterial balance has been thrown off by a lifetime of processed foods, a few rounds of antibiotics or even as far back as a C-section birth, you need to help the probiotics find their way back to your gut so you can shift the balance back toward “helpful.”... 

Basically... the lining of the intestine becomes too porous as a result of certain drugs (birth control may be one), food sensitivities, alcohol and more. When food proteins “leak” through the wall of the gut, it causes not only intestinal distress, but also further food sensitivities and bacterial imbalances. It’s a vicious cycle, and our gut bacteria are at the hub....

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