Nature is our source for a healthy microbiome - Marco Van Es @Bac2Nature

Hello and Welcome to the Microbiome Maverick Podcast, the only place where microbiome science meets real-world applications. I am your host Dr. Amine zorgani, a microbiome expert. My goal is to make microbiome science a common knowledge for everyone!  Today, I have the pleasure of speaking to Marco Van Es, The Founder of Bac2Nature Foundation. With his foundation, Marco is on a mission to improve our lives by leveraging what nature has to offer from microbial diversity.  In this episode, we discussed how increasing the biodiversity of the microbiome we live in or around us can have a significant impact on our health. Marco gave a clear example of the contrast between people living in nature as hunter-gatherers have a significantly higher diversity of microbes on their skin and in their guts, which makes their microbiome more resilient as a community of microbes. In contrast, modern human beings have a lower diversity than hunter-gatherers, which might be a part of an explanation why we get more fragile and why our immune system is less educated. We also discussed how soil and plants can help increase microbial diversity. Marco suggested that bringing back soil and plants in cities can help improve the diversity of the microbiome in that area. Vegetables grown on liquid fertilizer have much less diverse microbes in their growing environment than the food soil, preferably outdoor. Therefore, growing vegetables in healthy soil outdoors can help increase microbial diversity in our food, which can have a positive impact on our health. Enjoy the episode, and please follow and share! Happy to hear your thoughts and stay positive! You can find more about Bac2Nature foundation here: www.bac2nature.org You can find more about The Microbiome Mavericks here: ⁠⁠www.microbiomemavericks.com⁠⁠ If you are interested in speaking, partnering, or sponsoring the show you can reach out directly to ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠