Microbiome Magazine Vol. 5 | The Viral Issue (Free Digital Download)

By clinical nutritionist Lee Holmes Long before a virus ever meets your immune system, it meets your microbiome. The trillions of microbes living on your skin, up your nose, along your gut lining and even across your kitchen bench are your body's first responders, and most of us never think to look after them. In The Viral Issue, our fifth volume of Microbiome Magazine, clinical nutritionist and Eat to Heal author Lee Holmes explores this invisible security detail and shows you how to support it naturally. If our last issue was about rebooting your gut, this one is about looking after it, with practical, science-backed ways to strengthen your inner ecosystem when sniffle season comes around. Inside this issue Your Gut Has a Viral Community Too: meet your virome, the viral ecosystem living alongside your gut bacteria, and the surprising conversation between your gut and your lungs Meet Your Microbiome Community: why immunity is a team effort, the one-cell-thick "living wall" of your gut lining, and the thirty-plants-a-week habit The gut–immune connection: why around 70 per cent of your body's immune cells live in and around your gut 10 everyday habits for a more resilient microbiome Eat Your Armour: building meals for microbial diversity, plus the nutrients that support normal immune function The Non-Toxic Home Reset, room by room: kitchen, bathroom, living areas and bedroom, and why a home scrubbed within an inch of its life may not be doing you any favours 8 Questions with Irene Falcone: the Clean Nectarine founder on what's really lurking on your floors and how to make your home a sanctuary for good microbes Five nourishing recipes: Nourishing Breakfast Bowl, Fish Tortillas, Chicken Biryani with Cauliflower Rice, Turmeric Seeded Loaf and Golden Chia Seed Pudding Microbiome Mind Games: a quiz and crossword, with answers Fully referenced, with two pages of scientific references As always, this isn't about fear or living in a bubble. It's about working with your body's own ecosystem instead of against it. So pour yourself something warm, find your comfiest chair and meet the invisible bodyguards that have been quietly protecting you all along. How to get your copy A free 47-page digital magazine (PDF). Add it to your cart and check out, and your download link arrives by email straight away. About Lee Holmes Lee Holmes is a clinical nutritionist, bestselling author and the founder of Supercharge Your Gut and Supercharged Food. Her latest book, Eat to Heal, brings together nutrition science and practical recipes to help you heal from the inside out, and it reached number one on Amazon. Lee's expertise features regularly in Yahoo Lifestyle and 7News, and she co-hosts The Lee & Irene Show with Clean Nectarine founder Irene Falcone. [Read more about Lee →] Catch up on past issues Volumes 1 to 4 are free in the Microbiome Magazine library. Download your free copy today.