Immunity biome - Selfcare?
Who, what, where, when, why, how, how much cost do I pay for my immunity & biome?
ONLY I CHOOSE FOR ME!
Is my immunity & biome natural or unnatural?
Do I want to be well?
Consider My Selfcare within the why, where, when, who, what, how and how much of immunity & biome:
Am I Right or Not Right?Am I Competent or Not Yet Competent?Am I Enabled or Disabled?
I received my immunity from my parents.
I create my biome from my environment.
Our evolution is as an omnivore. Our ancestors adapted to the challenges of their environment & circumstance requirements of omnivore's, with each one of us evolving to eat both meat & plant based food sources.
Evolution was really an opportunistic diet, captured within the climate, environment & circumstances we found ourself living within. We still do.
This evolutionary pathway came as a specie that gained its' food source as a "hunter & gatherer" and created many unique responses and adaptions within various cultures & peoples. These were unique to particular groups and individuals for their survival.
OUR GUT NEEDS FIBRE
Our current processing of our diet to exclude so much fibre is doing considerable harm.
This processing of so much of our nutrition (to exclude fibre from our diet) fails to provide the basic needs of the 10 times more cells in our gut, than the rest of our other body cells combined. In acknowledging this initial introduction, it is obvious that it is not possible to give a one size fits all diet.
By reviewing our current climate, environment and specific evolutional requirements, we do know the general needs of the human specie. Adaption is required to meet basic needs within any number of various environments, and the different stages of each lifecycles. Individual needs of fibre & nourishment are determined by genetics, incidents and attitude.
ENSURE FIBRE IN MY FOOD
We know we need fibre in our diet to allow our internal bacteria to improve our immune systems and dispose of waste.
EAT A MAINLY "GATHERERS" DIET
We are each individuals and know we need a diverse diet to provide all of the individual evolutionary body requirements for our specific cultural & genetic profile. Most of the diet was plant based gathered, requiring in supplementation of a little meat for best fitness.
My diet must also reflect my current environment, community and circumstances. Routinely eating local variety of unprocessed and minimal "highly processed" plant based foods is imperitive to all. It is important to eat varied selfcare sensitive foods. This will ensure getting the needs for each individual lifestyle requirements!
Lots of generic food advice is available, we need validate and check for advice specific to each specific needs. Best advice is to review how our ancestors or previous inhabitant of our environment survived.
Was this a healthy existence by eating unprocessed food, to capture its' full nutrition, or did they only survive by consuming available "anything's"? Do remember, sailors died before they recognised their need for vitamin C.
Over the ages, most needs have only been accesssible through seasonal availabilities. We must find suitable sources of those macro / micronutrients, adequate vitamins and minerals in order we not perish, in finding a recovery pathway in what we do.
My diet must also reflect my current environment, community and circumstances. Routinely eating local variety of unprocessed and minimal "highly processed" plant based foods is imperitive to all. It is important to eat varied selfcare sensitive foods. This will ensure getting the needs for each individual lifestyle requirements!
Lots of generic food advice is available, we need validate and check for advice specific to each specific needs. Best advice is to review how our ancestors or previous inhabitant of our environment survived.
Was this a healthy existence by eating unprocessed food, to capture its' full nutrition, or did they only survive by consuming available "anything's"? Do remember, sailors died before they recognised their need for vitamin C.
Over the ages, most needs have only been accesssible through seasonal availabilities. We must find suitable sources of those macro / micronutrients, adequate vitamins and minerals in order we not perish, in finding a recovery pathway in what we do.
MAINTAIN EATING SOME MEAT IN A "HUNTERS" DIET
Our evolutionary process for at least the last 600 million years has seen our creation & over 300,000 years of ancestors evolve through consuming meat proteins. The hunter & fisher has not always been successful in finding this part of the menu, even sometimes the hunter became the menu of another.
Our body has only survived through the ages by this inclusion within every diet. Be assured, the only full nutrition food is mothers milk.
Our body proves to be efficient, therefore, we must consider that our body does not engage in wasted products, therefore too much meat is as bad as too little. These imbalances will distract and divert our adaptive challenges.
Our body has only survived through the ages by this inclusion within every diet. Be assured, the only full nutrition food is mothers milk.
Our body proves to be efficient, therefore, we must consider that our body does not engage in wasted products, therefore too much meat is as bad as too little. These imbalances will distract and divert our adaptive challenges.
Consider the Inuit (Eskimo) people.
Over thousands of years, they had adapted & developed the ability to live off mainly fish. The extreme inhospitable terrain they inhabited forced survival of the fittest with only this food source. This was an adapt or perish environment and those who could not survive, died off early in their generation. It should be noted their average life expectancy was 28 years of age, probably due to some needs never being met. We must recognise that they were not enabled to survive in other environments or utilise alternative food sources.
In today's modern age of plenty, I'm pretty sure we expect more & inuit adaption to modern provisions do not currently meet their basic needs any longer. If we do not at least consider our evolutionary fibre, fluid & food needs, then we too will die off early and not be fit to survive & will perish, like the inuits.
DRINK CLEAN WATER We know we need clean water to maintain our fluid balance and supply the lubrication and transport media for all the processes of our body.This is very important to our gut fibre as well. Highly processed sugars are wrong The fibre has been removed to extract the sweetness and now contains no evolutionary value of nutrition for use within our body. This extensive use of such a worthless item has distracted so many body processes, as to increase the presence of diabetes within a growing number of our population. Nature had intended us to eat all of the sugar cane, to gain the benefit of this food. By extracting only the sweetness and selective grazing, we really do "throw the baby out with the bath water". Needs are to be NEEDS based; not want based. These are entirely different things.
"Our gut is often the lens we view life through".
Gut fibre is my immunity community
We hear increasing conversations about gut health. This discussion is one of the most valuable
S.C.A.R.E is one of various models used to build psychological safety.
SIGNIFICANCE
We care deeply about what others think of us. Robert A. Synder Ph.D. believes that our actions and behaviours are determined by our lens of significance, how we believe we are seen by others.
You don’t need to be told your place in the pecking order of life, you know it already. All is good until that significance is threatened by a careless comment or throwaway remark. How about that time when you were called out for making a mistake, in front of your peers or were overlooked in the email invite to a team meeting?
That threat causes social pain activating the limbic system. The depth of that threat has been likened to the fear felt when walking down a dark alleyway at night and hear footsteps coming up behind us. We become afraid and socially shut down.
CERTAINTY
The onset of the global pandemic has brought about a tidal wave of uncertainty which for many has been the hardest thing to deal with. We crave certainty because the brain is essentially a prediction machine. When we can anticipate what’s happening next, we know we are safe to proceed. Without that we feel threatened, leading to rumination about things you have no control over, your sleep becomes disturbed and you have less mental bandwidth available to think clearly, let alone make a sensible decision.
AUTONOMY
I’ve yet to meet anyone who likes being told what to do all the time. Micromanagement creates massive social threat and is the fastest route to the nearest exit. Having choice (even if it’s small or just a perception) about how we do our work matters. It even determines our longevity, as evidenced by those moving to aged care facilities when allowed to choose which furniture they will bring, how it is arranged and what colours to paint the walls.
The problem is we love telling others what to do, even though we hate being given that advice ourselves! As practitioners it’s really important we give our clients and assistants sufficient autonomy when making decisions about treatment plans.
RELATEDNESS
Getting along well with others, especially those we see as being ‘different’ from us is vital to clear and open communication. Being prepared to listen rather than talked over or down to keeps the other person feeling safe. We all seek to be heard and understood. This also helps to keep your mind open to options and alternatives, meaning you are less risk averse, more tolerant and less judgmental.
EQUITY
“S’not fair!!” How many times have you heard that refrain, whether it’s a child being told in the supermarket they can’t have that packet of chips, a colleague given a better work schedule than you or witnessing the special benefits metered out to the golden child of the team?
Being treated fairly matters enormously. Its absence triggers a deep visceral sense of disgust. Witnessing someone else being treated unfairly also triggers the threat response in yourself and the relationship you have with the person you believe behaved badly will change.
Psychological safety isn’t a nice to have, it’s essential to the creation of a workplace culture that as Timothy R. Clark Ph.D.author of the Four Stages of Psychological Safety says supports inclusion, learning, contribution and adaptation to change.
And it makes work a whole lot more enjoyable and fulfilling.
Is your workplace a safe place to be? What can you do to raise your workplace psychological safety profile at an individual and team level?
This article has been written for the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine (ASLM) by the documented original author. The views and opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the original author and do not necessarily represent the views and opinions of the ASLM or its Board. By Choosing to replace my utilized Lifestyle & Attitude needs, I will ensure my level of fitness to survive.
Selfcare Medicine is "to be" enlightened in my selfcare needs!
SIGNIFICANCE
We care deeply about what others think of us. Robert A. Synder Ph.D. believes that our actions and behaviours are determined by our lens of significance, how we believe we are seen by others.
You don’t need to be told your place in the pecking order of life, you know it already. All is good until that significance is threatened by a careless comment or throwaway remark. How about that time when you were called out for making a mistake, in front of your peers or were overlooked in the email invite to a team meeting?
That threat causes social pain activating the limbic system. The depth of that threat has been likened to the fear felt when walking down a dark alleyway at night and hear footsteps coming up behind us. We become afraid and socially shut down.
CERTAINTY
The onset of the global pandemic has brought about a tidal wave of uncertainty which for many has been the hardest thing to deal with. We crave certainty because the brain is essentially a prediction machine. When we can anticipate what’s happening next, we know we are safe to proceed. Without that we feel threatened, leading to rumination about things you have no control over, your sleep becomes disturbed and you have less mental bandwidth available to think clearly, let alone make a sensible decision.
AUTONOMY
I’ve yet to meet anyone who likes being told what to do all the time. Micromanagement creates massive social threat and is the fastest route to the nearest exit. Having choice (even if it’s small or just a perception) about how we do our work matters. It even determines our longevity, as evidenced by those moving to aged care facilities when allowed to choose which furniture they will bring, how it is arranged and what colours to paint the walls.
The problem is we love telling others what to do, even though we hate being given that advice ourselves! As practitioners it’s really important we give our clients and assistants sufficient autonomy when making decisions about treatment plans.
RELATEDNESS
Getting along well with others, especially those we see as being ‘different’ from us is vital to clear and open communication. Being prepared to listen rather than talked over or down to keeps the other person feeling safe. We all seek to be heard and understood. This also helps to keep your mind open to options and alternatives, meaning you are less risk averse, more tolerant and less judgmental.
EQUITY
“S’not fair!!” How many times have you heard that refrain, whether it’s a child being told in the supermarket they can’t have that packet of chips, a colleague given a better work schedule than you or witnessing the special benefits metered out to the golden child of the team?
Being treated fairly matters enormously. Its absence triggers a deep visceral sense of disgust. Witnessing someone else being treated unfairly also triggers the threat response in yourself and the relationship you have with the person you believe behaved badly will change.
Psychological safety isn’t a nice to have, it’s essential to the creation of a workplace culture that as Timothy R. Clark Ph.D.author of the Four Stages of Psychological Safety says supports inclusion, learning, contribution and adaptation to change.
And it makes work a whole lot more enjoyable and fulfilling.
Is your workplace a safe place to be? What can you do to raise your workplace psychological safety profile at an individual and team level?
This article has been written for the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine (ASLM) by the documented original author. The views and opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the original author and do not necessarily represent the views and opinions of the ASLM or its Board. By Choosing to replace my utilized Lifestyle & Attitude needs, I will ensure my level of fitness to survive.
Selfcare Medicine is "to be" enlightened in my selfcare needs!
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