Microbial Connections: Part I Epidemiological Studies Usher in a New Era in Our Understanding of Microbiology and Immunology

Recent epidemiological studies have begun to make mainstream some of the very concepts regarding microbiology and immunology that those of us in the natural health fields have long subscribed to. Doctors of Chiropractic, Natural Hygienists and Nature Curists have long warned of the dangers we have brought upon ourselves by ignoring our connections with the natural world and its microbial inhabitants. Medical science is known for its antagonism to the microbial world with its war chest of antiseptics, antibiotics and vaccines. Most of those who engage in a naturally oriented practice acknowledge the value of these medical tools under limited, special circumstances but bemoan the widespread, virtually indiscriminate use of them that has led to serious repercussions for both individuals and the public health.