Can you hear me, Major Tom? It's time to tune back in to your planet.
The latest evidence indicates that the microbiome and its metabolites have a powerful therapeutic role to play in metabolic diseases and may even be the missing 'risk factor' for breast cancer.
“Ground Control to Major Tom
Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong
Can you hear me, Major Tom?”
Space Oddity, David Bowie
Earlier this month we looked at the growing awareness of the role of the microbiome in cancer onset, progression and even treatment. With its core role in hormonal balance, it looks as though the microbiome may be especially important for breast cancer.
Those of you who are more curious minded, or just plan sceptical, may have been thinking, ‘how on earth…?’ Our compartmentalised view of the human body (brain, breast, gut, heads, shoulders, knees and toes… 🎵) means we often fail to see the connections between body systems, or understand exactly how they might communicate with each other. And in doing so we miss the bigger picture.
In this week’s post we are going to explore that question. Just how does your microbiome impact the rest of your body, and what is it trying to achieve?
