Your body is similar to a machine, the fuel you eat is the fuel that powers the machine and there are many parts of the body that keep the machine functioning. Our immune system plays an important role in protecting the body but just like any machine it can have malfunctions.
Your immune system has a team of four in order to function;
1) Organs that create your white blood cell army
2) Lymphatic System that moves your army troops around the body
3) Antigens and Antibodies that your immune system create after fighting a virus to help prevent that virus from attacking again
4) Gut microbiome a group of bacteria, fungi, and other microbiomes that live in your digestive system which breaks down food and sends the warning signal to the immune system when danger is around
Your immune system is mostly in your gut, with an approx. 70-80% of your immune cells living in your gut.
Your immune system's role is to initiate the troops whenever they sense a threat. Basically, it boosts the production of white blood cells and releases inflammatory proteins.
The gut hosts a balancing act for the body good microorganisms are allowed to proceed to do their jobs, and bad microorganisms are flagged by the gut and basically booted out of the body before they can commence their attack.
However, from time to time the immune system can lose the battle of bad invading microorganisms and our microbiome gets unbalanced. The same unbalance can happen when the immune system overreacts. When this happens the immune system begins attacking its own body. This is called an autoimmune disease.
This is why when you have an autoimmune disease it is worth discovering the impact your gut health can have on your immune system.
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