Microbiome and health

This very current multidisciplinary topic touches, without exaggeration, all medical fields. In the monograph, leading experts comment on the microbiome – doctors of various specialties, but also food scientists and nutritionists – and bring recent findings from the last two decades. Humans are made up not only of human cells, but also of symbiotic microorganisms that evolve with us and populate all epithelial surfaces of the body – skin and mucous membranes. It has been found that microorganisms play a significant role in all physiological (including defense) mechanisms of our body. Disturbance in the composition and function of the microbiota (dysbiosis) leads to a disruption of the balance between microbes and the host, which can result in the development of various inflammatory, allergic, autoimmune and tumor diseases. New possibilities are now opening up for medicine: influence the composition and function of the microbiota and its interactions with the host, thereby enabling new approaches to the prevention and therapy of these diseases. Not only is lifestyle change important, but also dietary habits and direct influence on probiotics, possibly through the transfer of fecal microbiota.